On October 18, 2013, William J. “Hoot” Gibson of Dundalk; Beloved husband of 26 years to Margaret M. Steele; Loving father of Susan Beasley and Kevin Gibson of Catonsville, Joe, Robert and Barbara Gibson of Spartanburg, SC and the late Thomas Gibson; Cherished grandfather of 17 and great-grandfather of 33; Also survived by a host of loving nieces and nephews. He served in the US Navy during WWII on the USS Guam. He also served as a MD State trooper and a Baltimore County Police Lieutenant until his retirement in 1973.
Family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 22 from 2 to 4pm and 6 to 8pm at STERLING-ASHTON-SCHWAB-WITZKE FUNERAL HOME OF CATONSVILLE, INC.; 1630 Edmondson Avenue; Catonsville, MD 21228; where a funeral service will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 23, 9am. Interment in Crownsville Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org.