Obituaries
Harriet Wooten Gibbs, 93
Harriet Wooten Gibbs, 93, a resident of Brethren Village, Lancaster PA, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2007.
Born May 24, 1914, in Hopewell, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late David Earnest Wooten and Bertha Fell Wooten. After graduating from Trenton State Teachers College, NJ, she taught Kindergarten in Egg Harbor Township, NJ; Trenton, NJ; Washington Crossing, PA; Camp Hill, PA; and Bethel Park, PA where she retired in 1978. She was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in Washington Crossing, PA.
Harriet and her late husband Henry E. Gibbs, Sr., celebrated 63 years of marriage in 2006. During their life together they lived in Trenton, NJ; Washington Crossing, PA; Camp Hill, PA; Mt. Lebanon, PA; Island Heights, NJ; and Quincy, PA. She is also preceded in death by a sister, Eunice Bannister of Island Heights, NJ.
Harriet is survived by a son Henry E. Gibbs, Jr. of Island Heights, New Jersey and a daughter Nancy G. Tate, married to Allen E. Tate, of Lancaster. Lovingly referred to as “Gampsie”, she has four grandchildren- Jeffery D. Tate, married to Vanessa L. Tate of Lancaster, PA; Amy Tate, of Reisterstown, MD; Jennifer C. Gibbs of Littleton, CO; Elizabeth K. Gibbs of Littleton, CO; and a great-granddaughter, Veda L. Tate of Lancaster, PA.
Burial will be at the Ewing Cemetery in Ewing, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Hospice of Lancaster County 685 Good Drive, Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604.