771. William Charles⁹ Gibson (Harold Frances⁸, William Wallace⁷, Mary Elizabeth⁶ Hunter, Jane⁵ Coulthart, John⁴, John³, John², Christopher¹) was born in Waterford, Dakota Cty, MN August 16, 1929. William died April 2, 2002 at 72 years of age.

He married Ruth Marie Dick October 20, 1951. Ruth was born April 2, 1931. Ruth died July 17, 2001 at 70 years of age. Baltimore Sun April 8, 2002 William C. Gibson Sr., a longtime Cape St. Claire resident who delivered mail on foot for more than 30 years in Baltimore, died Tuesday of heart failure at North Arundel Hospital in Glen Burnie. He was 72.

Born in Northfield, Minn., Mr. Gibson joined the Navy in 1950 and was stationed in Annapolis. He left the service after four years and became a carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Baltimore. Until retiring in 1990, Mr. Gibson delivered letters daily to courthouses and offices in downtown Baltimore. He enjoyed meeting people, and enjoyed the work, said his daughter Linda M. Barnett of Severna Park.

In 1951, he married Ruth Marie Dick, who died in July.

Mr. Gibson lived in Cape St. Claire, outside Annapolis, from 1958 until last year, when he moved to Severna Park.

Services were held Saturday in Cape St. Claire.

In addition to his daughter, Mr. Gibson is survived by three sisters, Carol Bakken of Chippewa Falls, Wis., Dorothy Hjelter of Hampton, Minn., and Joyce Swanson of Brooklyn Park, Minn.; a son, William C. Gibson Jr. of Reisterstown; two other daughters, Deborah D. Saffran of Pasadena and Marcia A. Kempf of Annapolis; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

William Charles Gibson and Ruth Marie Dick had the following children:

+ 1385 i. William Charles¹⁰ Gibson Jr. (still alive).

+ 1386 ii. Deborah Denise Gibson (still alive).

+ 1387 iii. Linda Marie Gibson (still alive).

1388 iv. Marcia Ann Gibson (still alive).

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