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Josephine Marie Gibbons, a resident of Albuquerque, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2006. Josephine was born in Denver, CO on July 21, 1916 to Pasquale and Florence Patch. She attended North Denver High School and Denver University and worked as a legal secretary. Dancing to the Big Band music of Tommy Dorsey at Eliches Gardens, she met her husband James Brown Gibbons. They married in December of 1945. In 1955, they moved their family to Albuquerque. Josephine retired from the Sandia National Laboratories in 1981 where she was an executive secretary for many years. After retirement, she worked with her husband in his camera repair business, enjoyed square dancing and taught Vacation Bible School at Hoffmantown Baptist Church. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She is survived by her daughter, Flori Beauchesne and husband, David; grandchildren, Mariah and Joel Gibbons; nieces, Janie Patch, Terry Atherton and Nancy Saverine; daughter-in-law, Maryellen Gibbons Mitschelen and husband, Shawn; and sons, Cory and Casey; her devoted friend and caretaker, Jimmy Silva; and her beloved Yorkie, Beau. Josephine was preceded in death by husband of 57 years, James B. Gibbons; son, James Paul Gibbons; infant daughter, Colette Marie Gibbons; brother, Major General Paul Patch USAF (Ret.) and wife, Rita; and sister, Matilda Rose Patch. Services will be held Friday, January 13, 2006, 2:00 p.m., at French Mortuary, Lomas Blvd. Chapel, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Friends may visit Friday, January 13, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Albuquerque Academy Scholarship Fund, 6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE, ABQ, NM 87109. French Mortuary 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE 275-3500
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