Martha Gibson

Gibson, Martha
ALBANY - After over a century of singing, gardening, and mastering multiple art media, Martha Taylor Gibson, wife, mother, and fierce Democrat, died in her sleep, on November 9, 2025, just shy of her 103rd birthday. Born in Richmond Ind., she graduated from Vermont's Bennington College in 1945, married Edward Gibson in 1946, and settled in the Albany area. She excelled in oils, acrylics, quilting, silversmithing, jewelry making, Chinese painting, murals, and interior design. She sang with and was president of the Capitol Hill Choral Society for many years; managed the shop and taught art classes at the Albany Institute of History and Art, and with Ed, walked and biked, traveled extensively, and produced "Loops, Strings, and Balloons: 16 Walks on Country Roads in Columbia County," reprinted by the New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
Martha was predeceased by Edward, her husband; and is survived by her daughters, Ann Gibson (Annie Cheatham), Sarah Gibson (Steven Halpern); and numerous nieces and nephews. An informal memorial gathering will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025, from 1 to 3 p.m., at the Beverwyck Retirement Center, 40 Autumn Dr., Slingerlands N.Y. Memorial gifts may be made to New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, and American Friends Service Committee. Please visit danielkeenanfuneralhome.com for complete obituary, and to leave an online condolence.