Gertrude Marie (Gibson) Werth

December 05, 2018 Last Updated: December 05, 2018 10:00 AM Death Notice

Gertrude Marie (Gibson) Werth, 97, passed away Friday in Butler.

She was the devoted wife of Richard P. Werth and loving matriarch of seven children, 18 grandchildren, and 35 great-grandchildren.

Gertrude was born in Butler on March 18, 1921, the oldest of seven children born to Theodore R. and Bertha M. (Schreiber) Gibson. She was an avid student who skipped several grades, graduating Butler High School at the age of 16.

She married Richard on June 26, 1940, and they celebrated 70 years of marriage prior to Richard's death in 2010.

They enjoyed raising their family and traveling the United States. They especially loved and explored Colorado where they lived for a number of years. Gertrude's love of Colorado led her to be recruited to sell real estate for McCulloch Oil Co.

Until recently, Gertrude loved to garden and neighbors would often stop and compliment her beautiful flowers. Up until the end, she wrote in beautiful penmanship birthday cards to every child, grandchild, and great-grandchild. She had a remarkable memory and was the family historian. Gertrude was a central presence to all generations of her family and her love for every one of them was returned in full measure.

She is survived by four sons, James (Judy) of Lake Mary, Fla., Robert (Rita) of Las Vegas, John (Mary Kay) of Amherst, Ohio, and Thomas (Debbie) of Butler; two daughters, Carol (Michael) Greenberg of Palm Desert, Calif., and Joyce (John Gillis) of Modesto, Calif.; sisters, Nancy Fisher of Greenville and Sally McCormack of Hadley, Pa.; and sister-in-law, Shirley Gibson of Hermitage.

Preceding her in death were husband Richard, son William, grandson Ian McClosky and brothers Lesley, Theodore Jr., Homer and George Gibson.

WERTH — Visitation for Gertrude Marie (Gibson) Werth, who died Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at GEIBEL FUNERAL HOME, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler.A funeral Mass to celebrate Gertrude's life will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 128 N. McKean St., Butler, where she was a parishioner.Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.