Selma Rose Gibran Vassall, age 92, of San Diego, California passed away on Friday, September 20, 2024, surrounded by her family in the comfort of her Loma Portal home. She joins her beloved late husband of 60 years, Richard, in eternal rest. Selma is remembered as a witty, creative, curious, and multi-talented woman, who loved to cook and welcomed all to eat at her table.
Selma was born in Boston, MA to Rose and Nicholas Gibran, married her beloved husband Richard in 1952 and moved to San Diego in 1959.
She is survived by her children Elizabeth, Margaret, Diana, and David, her grandchildren Nicholas, Nathaniel, Lauren, Sarah, Colin, and Dylan, and her great grandchild Camellia, as well as countless other friends, family, and community members who will all miss her dearly.
In addition to raising a beautiful family and working as a financial manager and insurance company actuary, Selma dedicated much of her life to All Souls’ Episcopal Church. She could always be found helping out with the counting of financial contributions in the church office and expertly printing and editing bulletins on the A.B. Dick offset printer, though she is perhaps best known for her 50 years singing in the choir and 40 years of creatively crafting the church’s famous mouse - which was clamored over every year at the annual Home Tour. Her many hobbies included basket weaving, stained glass, mosaics, flower arranging, piano, organ, backgammon, canasta, and gardening.
Selma cherished her heritage as a Lebanese American. In the immortal words of her cousin Gibran Kahlil Gibran, who gave Selma her name -
“Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you”
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Selma’s name to
United Palestinian Appeal (https://upaconnect.org/),
All Souls' Episcopal Church (https://www.allsoulspointloma.org/online-giving), or
Peninsula Shepherd Senior Center of San Diego (https://www.sdpsc.org/).
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