DAVID GIPSON

David Ervie Gipson Burial services for David E. Gipson, 71, will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, January 28, 2011 at Tahoma National Cemetery. A Memorial service will follow at 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the Gig Harbor Eagles in Gig Harbor. He passed away on January 9, 2011 from a lengthy illness. He was born on March 29, 1939 at Flint, Michigan to Ervie Crawford Gipson and Isabella Irene Matheson Gipson. He attended high school at Atherton, Michigan. He continued his education and received a degree in Engineering and Architectural Design . He enlisted in the Air Force and served during the Korean war as a telephone installer. He was in Germany and spent 4 years in France. He was sent to McChord Air Force Base where he fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. He went to work for the telephone company in Gig Harbor in 1972 and retired in 1998 after 27 years of service. He was an active member of the Gig Harbor Eagles and a member of the VFW. He is survived by his wife Ruby of Gig Harbor, a daughter, Marie Mulherin and her husband Michael of Otisville, Michigan, 2 stepsons, Brian Thomas and his wife Robin of Sumner, Washington, Kevin Thomas of Gig Harbor, Washington, a sister, Elsie Haynes of Millington, Michigan, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.