Remembering Gibbi Gibbons

We lost a true friend of the beach this week.  Our thoughts go out to Barry and the Gibbons family.

Gibbi's obituary is as follows:

Eleanor 'Gibbi' Gibbons, 72, of Scarborough and Surprise, Ariz., prior resident of Reading and Pelham, Mass., died on Thursday evening, Dec. 15, 2011, at Banner Del Webb Hospital in Surprise, Ariz., with her family by her side.

She was born in Medford, Mass., the daughter of Robert J. and Eleanor Plumstead Keeting. She graduated from Arlington High School and Fitchburg College with a degree in BS/RN. Mrs. Gibbons had a long career as a devoted mother and grandmother with many short careers in a variety of branches of nursing.

Her advocation was quilting, and refused to quilt even after her vision failed due to complications with diabetic retinopathy. She had no greater joy than sharing her love of Higgins Beach with all her family, especially her four grandchildren who represent the fifth generation at the beach.

Besides her husband of 50 years, Barry F. Gibbons, of Surprise, Ariz., and Scarborough, she leaves two sons, Michael J. and his wife Kimberly of Gurnee, Ill., Matthew E. and his wife Stacee of Surprise, Ariz., two daughters, Maureen (Gibbons) and her husband Conall Haley of Merrimac, Mass., and Melissa K. Gibbons of Arlington, Mass.; and four wonderful grandchildren, Kiernan and Ashlin Haley, and Abbie and Mollie Gibbons.