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Thomas Gibb Obituary

GIBB, Thomas R.P. Of Dover formerly of Winchester, passed peacefully on December 23, 2009 at the Clark House in Westwood. He was the beloved husband of Reen D. (Meergans) Gibb. Devoted father of Paul Gibb and his wife Meri of Niwot, Colorado and Roberta Gibb of Rockport, MA, grandfather of Sarah Gibb Millspaugh, Daniel Gibb and Leif Gibb. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service, Tuesday December 29 at 11:00 A.M., Presbyterian Church in Needham 1458 Great Plain Avenue Needham MA 02492 in celebration of Tom's life. Burial will be private. Extensive career as chemist, author and educator, late Professor of Chemistry, Tufts University, M.I.T, and research director at Metal Hydrides. Expressions of sympathy may be made in his memory to Alzheimer's Association, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown MA 02742 or the Salvation Army of MA, 147 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116. For online guestbook or directions, please go to www.everettfuneral.com. Funeral arrangements by the John Everett and Sons Funeral Home, at NATICK COMMON.

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Published by Boston Globe on Dec. 27, 2009.

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January 5, 2010

Reen...

I'm so sorry to hear the news about Skipper. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Terry Nowak

Paul Priestly

January 5, 2010

Dear Reen,
So sorry to hear of your loss. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers.
In Peace
Paul Priestly(BHS)

Paula McLaughlin

January 4, 2010

Mrs. Gibb,
So sorry to hear about the loss of your husband.
Our deepest sympathies,
The McLaughlins

Susan Stark

January 4, 2010

Dear Reen,

I am so sorry to learn this sad news.
My thoughts are with you and your family at this difficult time.

Sincerely,

Susan Stark

January 4, 2010

Reen-
My sincere condolences on the loss of your husband.
Jean Sharry

Judy Doyle

January 4, 2010

My deepest sympathy to you and your family,
Judy Doyle BHS

Martha Niebanck

December 28, 2009

Sarah,
I hope the service tomorrow brings you joy and gratitude for your grandfather's presence in your life. I'll be thinking of you and your family.
With sympathy,
Martha

Sarah Millspaugh

December 27, 2009

Rest in peace, Grampy. We'll miss you.

December 27, 2009

Hello Mrs. Gibb,

I want to express my condolences in the loss of your husband.
His name caught my eye in the obituaries in the Boston Globe.

I believe your father-in-law was Thomas R.P.Gibb, Esq. of
Marmion Way in Rockport, Mass. I knew him as my boss in
the Order of Scottish Clans across from the Old State House
in Boston. I was hired as a typist at the age of 18 and left
after 5 years to raise a family.

Mr. Gibb was a real gentleman in every way. I especially enjoyed
visiting him and his wife in Rockport where he pointed with pride the Scottish heather growing on all the rocks facing the ocean.

I am now 81 and living on a lake in Shapleigh, Maine and really
enjoying my retirement.

Hazel J. (Skinner) Stocker

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