Rita Virginia Gibbons

1929 - 2002  (72 years)

• Name	Rita Virginia Gibbons
  Birth	22 Dec 1929	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Jul 2002	Yale, Iowa
  Notes	Services were held Wednesday, July 10, at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson, for Rita Virginia Stofer, 72, of rural Yale. Pastor Dean Porter of the Guthrie Center Open Bible Church officiated, Ann Adams was soloist, with Lori Anderson as organist. Honorary casket bearers were Steve Jacob, Richard Stofer, Dan Brubaker, Kenneth Buttler, Jr., and Tim Chapman. Casket bearers were Kenneth, Michael, Dennis and Jason Stofer, Adam Brubaker, and Sonny Kolbe. Interment was in Franklin Township Cemetery at Cooper. Rita Virginia Stofer, daughter of Joseph Gibbons and Margaret Hoenecker (sic) Gibbons, was born Dec. 22, 1929, in Cumberland, MD. She died July 7, 2002, at her home near Yale. Rita attended school in Cumberland. She was united in marriage with Kenneth Dean "Mike" Stofer on July 10, 1948, at Columbus, GA. They were parents of four children: Kenneth Dean Jr., Claudia Rae, Cynthia Ann, and Dennis Michael. During Mike's 20 years in the Army, the family experienced living in many different cities, including Columbus, GA, Fort Stewart, GA, Fort Knox, KY, Fort Campbell, KY, and Germany. Rita lived in Maryland while Mike served in the Korean War. After Mike's retirement in 1964, the family moved to Iowa and lived in the Bagley area. Rita had worked for nine years at Franklin Manufacturing in Jefferson. She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother, Joseph Paul; an infant sister, Amy Renee; her husband Kenneth Dean in December 1994; and her eight-month-old granddaughter Jennifer Lynn Stofer in April 1976. Survivors include two sons, Kenneth and his wife Jean of Panora, and Dennis and his wife Rita of West Des Moines; her two daughters, Claudia Brubaker and her husband Dan of Rippey and Cynthia Jacob and her husband Steve of Sumner; six grandchildren, Adam and Jill Brubaker, Mindy Bear and her husband Kirk, Ashley Jones, and Jason and Michael Stofer; two great-grandchildren, Mariah and Madison Bear; three aunts, her sisters-in-law, Dorothy Stofer and Joan Stofer, both of Jefferson, Pat Dowd of Harvard, NE, Thelma Guess of Des Moines, Mary Louise Springer of Bayard, and Arliss Buttler and husband Kenny of Guthrie Center; brother-in-law Richard "Dutch" Stofer and his wife Mary Esther of Oelwein; and nieces and nephews. (No source given)
  Person ID	I14598	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph Paul Gibbons,   b. Abt 1908   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Regina Hoenicka,   b. 17 Dec 1909, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland d. 21 Jan 1964, Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Jan 1929	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
  Family ID	F00600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kenneth Dean (Mike) Sr. Stofer   d. Dec 1994
  Marriage	10 Jul 1948	Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
  Children	1. Kenneth Dean Jr. Stofer,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Claudia Rae Stofer,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   3. Cynthia Ann Stofer,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   4. Dennis Michael Stofer,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F06950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021