DUNKIRK – Chris Gibbs, age 51, Dunkirk, died unexpectedly Wednesday March 4, 2015, at home from natural causes.  Born in Muncie on March 8, 1963, he grew up near Redkey and was a graduate of Jay County High School.  He worked at Wearly Monuments for 21 years and had just started work at FCC in Portland.  Chris was a former member of Sons of The American Legion and enjoyed model airplanes, hunting, fishing, and riding his motorcycle.

Survivors include his parents, Allan & Peggy Gibbs, Redkey; two children: Chance Gibbs, Portland, and Morgan Ransom, Tell City; a brother: Mark Gibbs, Chicago, IL, and sister: Teresa Hartsock (husband: Don), Maxville; two grandchildren, and three nieces.

He is preceded in death by a daughter: Christie Gibbs, a sister: Penny Gibbs, and an infant brother: Guy Allan Gibbs.

Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2015, at Meacham Funeral Service.  Burial will follow at Hill Crest Cemetery.

Visiting hours will be held on Sunday from 4 until 8 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be sent to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Suite 200, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.

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