- AUGUSTA - Ruth "Gloria" Tibbetts passed away peacefully on Dec. 24, 2014, after a long illness at the MaineGeneral LTC facility. Gloria was born in Winthrop on Dec. 25, 1929, the daughter of Katherine Gray Williams and John Williams.
She attended Winthrop schools until she married Alvin Tibbetts in 1947. Gloria and Alvin raised four sons and were married for 61 years, until Alvin's death in 2009.
Gloria worked in the Bonified Mills in Winthrop, as a waitress at Macnamara's restaurant in Winthrop, and as an apple packer at Chick's Orchards. Gloria enjoyed visiting with friends and family at the kitchen table over a cup of coffee. She enjoyed travelling with her husband and took many road trips together, sometimes as far away as California.
She is survived by three sons Robert and wife Bonnie of Waite, Bruce and wife Eva of Mt. Vernon, and Thomas and husband Paul of Pittsburgh, Pa.; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
At Gloria's request, there will be no services. A private burial will be at graveside in the spring at Glenside Cemetery in Winthrop.
If you wish to make a memorial donation in her memory, please send to: Dunns Corner Baptist Church Expansion Fund, c/o Anthony Gould, Treasurer, 1936 North Road, Mt. Vernon, Maine 04352
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1929 - 2014 (84 years)
