Laura E. Tibboles

Laura E. Tibboles, 89, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, of St. Joseph, formerly of Bellevue, OH, died peacefully after a short illness on Thursday, February 21, 2002 at Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 4:00 P.M. Saturday at Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph with Rev. Kent Meyer, Ph.D. and Rev. Debra Meyer officiating. Friends may call from 2- 4 PM prior to the service. Memorials may be made to Zion Ev. United Church of Christ, St. Joseph. Additional visitation will be held at Auxter-Groff Funeral Home in Bellevue, OH. From 3-5 PM on Sunday. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday at the First United Methodist Church in Bellevue. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery. Mrs. Tibboles was born on February 10, 1913 in Bellevue, Ohio to William & Anna (Farley) Gallup. On February 21, 1941 she married Alexander Tibboles in Bellevue. Laura served as the secretary at First United Methodist Church in Bellevue for many years and also served on the election board for the City of Bellevue. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Bellevue, attended the Zion Ev. United Church of Christ in St. Joseph where she was also a part of the Zion Women?s Group. Laura volunteered at the Soup Kitchen in Benton Harbor and Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph. Mrs. Tibboles is survived by her son-Charles (Sheryl) Tibboles of Bellevue; her daughter-Joyce (Ambrose ?Buzz?) Ochs of St. Joseph; her daughter-in-law-Betty Tibboles of Fort Myers, FL; three grandchildren-Damon Tibboles, Shana (Shawn) Hemenway both of Bellevue; and Erin Ochs of St. Joseph; three great-grandchildren; and a sister-Winifred (Fred) Miller of Bellingham, WA. She was preceded in death by her husband Alexander on August 31, 1966, her son Alexander William Tibboles on May 10, 2001, a brother Gorden Gallup, and three sisters-Anna Gallup, Marian Dennis, and Helen Dobbin.