Martha Eulalah Gibbons

Martha Eulalah Gibbons, age 100, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at her residence. She was the daughter of A. ADelbert and Zetta Ruth (Miller) Colglazier. She was born at home on March 25, 1925, in Salem, IN, on Colglazier Orchard Road.

She joined Fort Hill Christian Church at a young age. Martha married Otho Laverne "Pete" Gibbons on April 14, 1945, in Salem, and worked for 50 years farming beside her husband, and seasonal at Colglazier Orchard, before retiring. Martha graduated from Salem High School in 1944 and belonged to the Home EC Club of Salem and Lawrence County. She was also a member of the Senior Citizen Club in Bedford, and a 4-H Club leader in Lawrence County.

To this union was born two daughters, Nancy Sue Piper and Barbara Jane Coursey; six grandchildren, Tally (Kent) Melvin, Butch (Dawn) Lessig, Chad Lessig, Travis Mathews, Troy (Mandy) Mathews and Ty (Kara) Mathews; eleven great grandchildren, Logan, MacKenzie, Chadwick (Taylor Sowders), Christina (Ethan) Baer, Cole, Carly, Axel, Tristan, Keagan, Kyndall and Knox; three great-great grandchildren, Bodie, Norah and Mac.

She was preceded in death by her parents, A. ADelbert and Zetta Ruth (Miller) Colglazier; husband, Otho Laverne "Pete" Gibbons; three brothers, Nevil, Charles and Paul Colglazier; sons-in-law, Mike and Jerry.

Funeral services for Martha E. Gibbons will be held at 11:00am on Monday, August 18th, 2025, at the Ferguson-Lee Chapel of Thorne Family Funeral Homes, 818 18th St, Bedford, IN, 47421, Burial will follow at the Crown Hill Cemetery, Salem, IN. Visitation will be on Monday, August 18th, 2025, from 9:30am until the time of service at 11:00am, also at the Ferguson-Lee Chapel.

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