Beth Jensen

1920 - 2011  (91 years)

• Name	Beth Jensen  [1]
  Born	11 Nov 1920	Carey, Blaine, Idaho   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Nov 2011	San Antonio, Texas
  	Beth Jensen Gibson Beth Jensen Gibson, formerly of Huntsville, died Nov. 13, 2011, in San Antonio, TX, at the age of 91. Mrs. Gibson was born in Carey, ID, Nov. 11, 1920, to Wilmer Christian and Ena Isabell Grow Jensen. She was raised in Huntsville and graduated from Weber High School. As a young woman, she was trained as a beautician. During World War II she worked at the Remington Arms Factory in Salt Lake City loading ammunition belts and driving a forklift. She also worked at the Army Quartermaster Corps Supply Depot in Ogden loading freight on rail cars. She married William J. Gibson of North Ogden on May 24, 1946, in the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS Church. Col. Gibson's career with the U.S. Air Force took them around the world to duty stations in Texas, California, Illinois, Morocco, Utah and England. Mrs. Gibson attended Brigham Young University while her husband was assigned there as a Professor of Air Science. She frequently volunteered in the many places she lived, including as a "Pink Lady" in hospitals. While her husband was in Vietnam, she lived in Ogden where she worked for the American Red Cross, first as a volunteer, and then later as the coordinator of Service to Military Families. After retirement from the Air Force in 1971, the Gibsons lived in Roy and Ogden before moving to San Antonio in 1991. Wherever she lived in the world, Mrs. Gibson was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often serving in small branches of the Church where she and her husband provided leadership and inspiration to others. Col. Gibson passed away on Sept. 2, 2010. Mrs. Gibson is survived by three children: Patricia Zanghi of Athens, PA; Daryl Gibson of Austin, TX; and John Gibson of San Antonio, TX; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Joan Pace of Wanship and Kathryn Ensign of Huntsville. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit family on Saturday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary. Interment, North Ogden Ben Lomond Cemetery. Contributions are suggested in her honor to the Perpetual Education Fund of the LDS Church.
  Buried	North Ogden Ben Lomond Cemetery, Ogden, Utah
  		Memorial for Beth Jensen Find a grave
  Person ID	I2041	Grow
  Last Modified	7 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Wilmer Christian Jensen,   b. 23 Dec 1890, Huntsville, Weber, Utah ,   d. 09 Jan 1969, Roy, Weber, Utah  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Ena Isabelle Grow,   b. 12 Jun 1894, Huntsville, Weber, Utah ,   d. 12 May 1983, Ogden, Weber, Utah  (Age 88 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1915	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Family ID	F234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lt. Col. William Junior Gibson,   b. 28 Apr 1920, North Ogden, Weber, Utah ,   d. 2 Sep 2010, Air Force Village, San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas  (Age 90 years)
  Married	24 May 1946	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Children	1. Patricia Gibson   2. Daryl Gibson   3. John William Gibson
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2012
  Family ID	F2422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Nov 1920 - Carey, Blaine, Idaho Married - 24 May 1946 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Died - 13 Nov 2011 - San Antonio, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S78] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Huntsville, Weber, Utah; Roll: 2425; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 354.0. Birth date: abt 1921 Birth place: Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Huntsville, Weber, Utah