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Edith “Eadie” Louise Gibbs was born to Albert and Lillian (Willnard) Holm April 9, 1929 in Craig, Nebraska. She passed away February 14, 2021 at CHI Health Immanuel in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 91.

Eadie grew up in the Oakland and Craig area. She graduated from Craig High School May of 1946. On May 20, 1951, she was married to Richard “Dick” Gibbs of Craig. To this union were born three children. The family resided in the Craig and Tekamah area until 1980.

Eadie started working at the First National Bank in Tekamah in August of 1946. She worked there off and on until September 1980, when the family moved to Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. While there, she worked as the City Clerk from 1985 until her retirement in 1999. She moved to Tekamah right after her retirement, where she resided until her death.

Eadie was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Chatt Center in Tekamah. She was also a member of the Tekamah and Craig Order of the Eastern Star. Eadie loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and many friends. Any chance she got, she would play bridge, dominos, euchre, and many other card games with friends. Anyone that got to enjoy a card game with her, knew how competitive she was. She loved to sit and watch the birds in her yard, having numerous different bird feeders.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dick; sister, Olga Badje; brother, Raymond Holm; son, Rick Gibbs.

She is survived by her daughter, Sharon (Bob) Wimer of Tekamah; son, Mike Gibbs and friend Sandy Ressler of Cheyenne Wells; grandchildren, Zach (Andrea) Wimer of Morse Bluff, NE, Seth (Melanie) Wimer of Blair, NE, Sara Wimer of Blair, Jessica (Shane) Tillery of Laverne, OK, Amber Gibbs of Garden City, KS, Wyatt Gibbs of Cheyenne Wells; 12 great grandchildren.

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. ~~~

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