Lucille (Lou) Wanda Plant Gerbig, 93, passed away on December 16, 2018. She was born in Salt Lake City, UT on December 15, 1925, to Ralph Thomas Plant and Gladys Virginia Oblad Plant. Lou was a pioneering female trust administrator at Continental Bank and Trust Co. and went on to serve as Vice President at First Interstate Bank, where she probated some of the largest estates in the history of Utah at the time. She sat on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Salt Lake City for many years, a cause close to her heart, and was an avid golfer and dog lover.
Lou is survived by three sons: Larry Sharp, and his wife Ann (Norfolk, VA), Cory Sharp (Murray, UT), and Jim Gerbig (New York, NY), as well as her sister Polly Abbott and her husband Lael (Pocatello, ID). Other survivors include Lou’s grandchildren Jennifer Sharp, Jeremy and Lori Sharp, Crysta Sharp, Cody Sharp, and great-grandchildren Colton, Savannah and Connor. Lou was predeceased by her second husband James Milton Gerbig, a WWII Army veteran who passed away in 1963.
Lou was laid to rest at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in a private ceremony.