Hiltsley, Elizabeth

Birth

Elizabeth Hiltsley was born in Schenectady, the daughter of the late Arthur Hiltsley and Edith Dexter Hiltsley. Her siblings were:

• Arthur B. Hiltslet
• Ernestine Hiltsley of Knox
• Wendall S. Hiltsley of Clarksville - Wendell S. Hiltsley of Springfield, Vt.
• Milton Hiltsley of California
• Mrs. Katherine Wood of California
• Mrs. Etta Wood of Arizona
• Mrs. Meredith Rooney of Albany
• Orville W. Hiltsley

Occupation

Elizabeth Hiltsley was a homemaker.

Marriage & Children

Elizabeth Hiltsley of Knox married Albert I. Gibbs Sept. 23, 1923, in Berne, at the home of the Rev. Banghart. Their children were:

• Floyd Gibbs who married Elizabeth M. Stebbins
• Alberta Gibbs married Edwin J. Dubisz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dubisz, 3527 W. Palmer St., Chicago, Ill. - Alberta Dubiez of Sebring, Fla.;
• Donald H. Gibbs in 1949
• Alan C. Gibbs
• Mary Gibbs in infancy

Death

Elizabeth Hiltsley Gibbs, 91, of The Alliance Home and formerly of Knox, died Thursday March 16, 1995, at the Alliance Home in Carlisle, Pa.

Obituary

ELIZABETH H. GIBBS, 91: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Times Union, The (Albany, NY) - Saturday, March 18, 1995

Deceased Name: ELIZABETH H. GIBBS, 91

CARLISLE, Pa. Elizabeth Hiltsley Gibbs, 91, of The Alliance Home and formerly of Knox, died Thursday at the Alliance Home.

Mrs. Gibbs was born in Schenectady. She had lived in Knox on the family farm since 1926, and moved to the Alliance Home in 1991.

She was a homemaker.

Mrs. Gibbs was a member of the First Baptist Church of Westerlo, where she also was a Sunday school teacher.

Survivors include a son, the Rev. Floyd Gibbs of Knox; a daughter, Alberta Dubiez of Sebring, Fla.; a brother, Wendell S. Hiltsley of Springfield, Vt.; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

A service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church in Westerlo. Burial will be in Knox Cemetery.

Calling hours will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today in the Fredendall Funeral Home, 199 Main St., Altamont.
Contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Westerlo, or Camp Pinnacle.
Edition: THREE STAR
Page: B9
Copyright, 1995, (c) Times Union. All Rights Reserved.

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