Raymond E. Gibb

York-Raymond E. Gibb, 96, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Manor Care Health Services-South. He was the husband of the late Edith E. (Martin) Gibb. They were married July 1, 1936 at her home in Grove City and spent 72 years together. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:30 PM, Thursday December 30, 2010 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in their social area, 45 First Ave, Red Lion. A visitation will be held from 1-1:30 PM. Burial will be private in Susquehanna Memorial Gardens. Life Tributes by Olewiler and Heffner Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., 35 Gotham Place, Red Lion is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Gibb was born May 25, 1914 in Irwin Township, Venango County, a son of the late H. Ralph and Lillian Mae (Greene) Gibb. Ray graduated from Clintonville High School in 1931. He received a normal school diploma from Slippery Rock State College in 1934. He attended night and summer school while teaching regularly and also received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education from Slippery Rock State College in 1945. In 1952 he earned his Master's Degree in School Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and was admitted as a member of Phi Delta Kappa, an honorary organization recognizing school administrators. Mr. Gibb began his teaching career in a one room country school in Butler County in 1934. During his 32 years in public education he served in various types of teaching and administration in the counties of Butler, Beaver, Westmoreland, Lawrence and York. In 1968 he retired from the position as District Superintendent of Red Lion Area Schools. From 1968 to 1979 he served as Educational Representative for Grolier Educational Corporation in Delaware, Maryland and Washington D.C. Ray had at one time served as President of the Midwestern District Association of Chief School Administrators. He also served for two years as President of the Butler County Council of Christian Education. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Red Lion, PA, the Free & Accepted Masons-Red Lion Lodge #649 and the Ancient Scottish Rite Lodge Council Chapter Consistory, Valley of New Castle, New Castle, PA. Mr. Gibb is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Short and her husband, Tom, and Barbara Fake, and two sons, William Gibb and his wife, Ellen, and Robert Gibb and his wife, Jean, 13 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. A daughter, Carol Harding Safer and a brother Charles Gibb preceded him in death. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Manor Care Health Services-South, 200 Pauline Drive, York Pa, 17402 or St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 45 First Ave, Red Lion, Pa 17356.