Ronald James Gibbs Jr.

1927 - 2016

Ronald James Gibbs, Jr.

Ronald James Gibbs, Jr., passed away on Friday, August 5, 2016 after a brief illness. A family graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at 10:00 am at the Northwest Veterans Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church with Reverend Phillip Michels officiating. Following the service there will be a celebration of Mr. Gibbs life at the Dickson's, 2001 Dickson Drive Shreveport 71115 Mr. Gibbs was a resident of Shreveport, LA for 14 years.

Born June 13, 1927 in Buhl, Minnesota. The first son of Ronald J. and Josephine Keohen Gibbs. The family moved to Springfield, Illinois in 1929 where he grew up.

Ron attended Blessed Sacrament grade school & Springfield High, graduating in 1945. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy during WWII where he served in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1947 and returned to Springfield, Illinois. Ron attended and graduated from Springfield Junior College and continued his college training at Regis University in Denver, Colorado graduating with a B.S. degree in 1951.

In July 1951, he married Helen Claire Crosby and embarked on a 29 year career as a Special Agent of the FBI. Upon his retirement with the FBI in March of 1980, Ron served as a Deputy Chief of Police, Internal Management with Jefferson Parish, Louisiana for a period of 7 years. In 1987, he retired to Springfield and was employed by the State of Illinois as an investigator. This also included a stint as Inspector General under the Ryan Administration Secretary of State.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Josephine and Ronald Gibbs, brother, Richard Gibbs, and sister, Katherine Glisson.

In 1995, Ron became fully retired and occupied his time doing volunteer work at St. Johns Hospital and Springfield Clinic. He and his wife returned to Louisiana in 2002 where he volunteered at Christus Schumpert Hospital in Shreveport for many years and was very proud of his 1,000 hour in.

He is survived by his wife, Helen, of 65 years, their daughters, Sherry Gibbs; Linda Whitt; Cindy (Skipper) Dickson; Mary (Eddie) Black; Sandi (Mark) Boos; and sons: Ron (Donna) Gibbs; Dick (Lisa) Gibbs; and Joe (Tica) Gibbs, and brother, Joe (Lynn) Gibbs. Chief leaves behind numerous, loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren in whom he took great pride and joy.

'Chief", as his friends and family knew him was a spiffy dresser, always quick with a joke and a smile, and most every day of his life looked someone in the eye and let them know they were special!

As Chief would always say "GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK"!

Pallbearers will be: Ron Gibbs, III, Dick Gibbs, Joe Gibbs, Skipper Dickson, Eddie Black, and Mark Boos.

The family would like to to express their sincere appreciation to Dr. Richard Sipes, Dr. BJ Kim, and his team at University Medical Center New Orleans.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations made to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church or the Louisiana Police Officers Association.