David Eric Gibbs

He was born to Joseph and Carolyn Gibbs in Ravenna, Ohio on December 18, 1947. Growing up in Medina, Ohio, David graduated from their High School in 1965 and went on to attend Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

After serving in the United States Air Force, stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, he pursued several avenues of life careers which eventually took him to Boston, Massachusetts. On a vacation getaway to Colorado, David found himself entranced with this beautiful state and decided to make Colorado his permanent home. He was employed as a purchasing agent at IBM in Boulder, Colorado for 11 years. The year 2000found David working as a facility buyer for Kaiser Permanente. It was at this time he met his future wife, Jane Diccicco, but marriage didn't come for another 9 years.

David was an avid reader and took pride in his 300+ book collection of American Western History. The books came alive as he toured many sites he had read about including military forts, indian battle grounds and fur trading centers. Photography was another hobby he enjoyed over the years.

David will be lovingly remembered by his wife Jane, brothers Ted (Betty Czika) Gibbs, Robert (Edna) Gibbs, of Medina and Cleveland, Ohio.respectively, and Scott (Anne) Baumgardner of Owensboro, Kentucky. One niece and two nephews also survive him along with their extended families.

"Wish not so much to live long as to live well" Benjamin Franklin

Cremation arrangements will be handled by Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary & Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

God Saw

God saw he was getting tired

and a cure was not to be

so He put His arms around him

and whispered "Come with Me."

With tearful eyes we watched

him suffer and saw him fade away.

Although we couldn't bear to lose him,

we could not make him stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,

hard working hands laid to rest.

God broke our hearts to prove

to us he only takes the best.