obit: Catherine Elizabeth (Gift) Leimbach of OK, NM (1917-2005)
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obit: Catherine Elizabeth (Gift) Leimbach of OK, NM (1917-2005)
| lynn1972_1 (View posts) | Posted: 23 Oct 2005 7:38PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Leimbch, Williams, Gift, Szuch, Blevins
Catherine Elizabeth Leimbach died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, in Albuquerque, N.M., following a long-term illness and very fulfilling life. Beth was born Aug. 12, 1917, to Frank Leroy and Pollie Elizabeth Gift in Balko, Okla.
Memorial services conducted by nephew, David Englehart, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, at the Ertel Funeral Home, 42. N. Market St., Cortez, followed by interment at the Cortez Cemetery.
She spent her early years in Dove Creek and other areas of the West. She lived the past 30-plus years in Farmington and Los Lunas, N.M. Beth loved people and enjoyed her life’s work serving others as a waitress, and in the later years as cook and caretaker for the Saint Mary’s parish priests in Farmington. She was praised and valued for her dedication to their needs.
Beth loved to walk and put on many miles at the Hermosa Jr. High School track near her home in Farmington. She lived the past several years with and under the loving care of her daughter Pollie and grandson Philip. Beth will be remembered fondly for her sharp wit, thoughtfulness, radiant smile, and for all of her home and herbal remedies for “whatever ails you.” Beth is survived by sons, Arthur (Marion) and Fred Leimbach, and daughter Pollie Williams; grandsons, Philip, Joe, Jimmy, Michael, Jason, Robert, James; numerous great-grandsons and great-granddaughters; and numerous nieces and nephews. Also surviving her are her oldest brother, Jesse Gift, and youngest sister, Ruth Szuch.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Lena (Gift) Blevins and Lorene Velesta Gift, and brothers, Robert and Leroy Gift.
Memorial donations my be made to Alzheimers Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 6th floor, New York, NY 10001.
Services are under the direction of the Ertel Funeral Home.
--Durango, CO Herald 23 oct 2005
Memorial services conducted by nephew, David Englehart, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, at the Ertel Funeral Home, 42. N. Market St., Cortez, followed by interment at the Cortez Cemetery.
She spent her early years in Dove Creek and other areas of the West. She lived the past 30-plus years in Farmington and Los Lunas, N.M. Beth loved people and enjoyed her life’s work serving others as a waitress, and in the later years as cook and caretaker for the Saint Mary’s parish priests in Farmington. She was praised and valued for her dedication to their needs.
Beth loved to walk and put on many miles at the Hermosa Jr. High School track near her home in Farmington. She lived the past several years with and under the loving care of her daughter Pollie and grandson Philip. Beth will be remembered fondly for her sharp wit, thoughtfulness, radiant smile, and for all of her home and herbal remedies for “whatever ails you.” Beth is survived by sons, Arthur (Marion) and Fred Leimbach, and daughter Pollie Williams; grandsons, Philip, Joe, Jimmy, Michael, Jason, Robert, James; numerous great-grandsons and great-granddaughters; and numerous nieces and nephews. Also surviving her are her oldest brother, Jesse Gift, and youngest sister, Ruth Szuch.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Lena (Gift) Blevins and Lorene Velesta Gift, and brothers, Robert and Leroy Gift.
Memorial donations my be made to Alzheimers Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 6th floor, New York, NY 10001.
Services are under the direction of the Ertel Funeral Home.
--Durango, CO Herald 23 oct 2005