Ethel Mae Gibbons

Ethel Mae Gibbons, 94, of Phillipsburg, NJ, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

Born on October 5, 1927, in New Orleans, LA, she was the daughter of the late Jeffrey and Beatrice (Perez) Ledet. Ethel was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil W. Gibbons, in 2003.

Ethel enjoyed bird watching, playing cards, gardening, taking short trips with her son in law, Lou, to look for deer and other animals, cooking, she made an awesome jambalaya, but most of all spending time with grandchildren and great grandchildren, attending sports events, plays, anything they were involved in, she enjoyed being there for them always. They were the love of her life. Also, scratching scratch-off and trips to the casino,

Ethel is survived by her daughters, Bonnie Snyder, Marlene Moschera and Karen Rehl and her husband, Louis Rehl, Sr., her grandchildren; Jessica Stavropoulos, Louis Rehl, Jr. and his long-time girlfriend, Pamela Wilkerson, Adam Rehl and his wife, Jessica, William Snyder and his wife, Jenna, Jennifer Lamb, Forrest Kerlin and Travis Kerlin, her ten great grandchildren, her siblings, Oscar Ledet and Bernice Nunez and her many nieces and nephews. Along with her husband and parents, Ethel was predeceased by her daughter, Joann Kerlin, her granddaughter, Tracy Moschera and four of her sisters.

A Calling Period is scheduled for Saturday, July 30, 2022, from 10 to 12 PM, at the Finegan Funeral Home, 302 Heckman Street, Phillipsburg, NJ, with a Memorial Service to directly follow. The interment will be at Saint Philip and Saint James Cemetery, Greenwich Township, NJ.