Edward L. Ibbotson

Edward L. Ibbotson, 85 of Portland, Oregon, and formerly of Lancaster, California, passed away Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on Sept. 2, 1938 in Tiffin, Ohio, to Virgil E. and Opal B. (Gottfried) Ibbotson. Ed was a 1956 graduate of Montpelier High School. Ed went on to obtain his Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green State University.

He went on to get his Master of Science in Systems Analysis from the Air Force Institute of Technology from Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. On June 15, 1963, he married Judith N. Brandeberry in Montpelier and she survives.

Ed retired at a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force in 1987 as a deputy chief of the liquid rocket division at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Lab at Edward's Air Force Base in California. After retirement he was employed by Sparta then Spiral Technologies Inc in Lancaster, California, as a principal systems analyst.

Ed is survived by his wife, Judith, of 61 years; son, Eric, and wife, Tammy Reynolds-Ibbotson, of Lancaster, California; daughter, Karen, and husband, Jeremy Brill, of Portland, Oregon; three grandchildren, Matt Tamayo, Tyler Brill and Jessie Brill; and three great-grandchildren, Alex Evans, Alyana and Adrian Tamayo.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Lois Stackhouse; and brother, Lt. Col. Donald Ibbotson.

Edward will be laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery in Montpelier, Ohio, at a later date with military rites provided by the Montpelier Veterans. Condolences can be left for the family at www.thethompsonfuneralhome.com.