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Leola Edith Gibson Rourke
24 Dec 1919 – 30 May 2011
| Birth | 24 Dec 1919 |
| Death | 30 May 2011 |
| Cemetery | Cloverdale Memorial Park Boise , Ada County , Idaho , USA |
| Added by | Myrna Tuning on 10 Jun 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70735694 |
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Leola was born in Lester and Ella Gibson's (her paternal grandparents) sod house at Eudell, Custer Co., NE. Leola Edith (Pete) Gibson Rourke, 91, died Monday, May 30, 2011, at Friendsview Retirement Community, Newberg, Oregon, of natural causes after a long struggle with Alzheimers disease. Leola was born December 24, 1919 in her grandparents' sod house at Eudell, Custer Co., Nebraska. She married Joseph William (Joe) Rourke on January 19, 1938 in Boise, Idaho. He preceded her in death April 19, 2006. They were parents of eight children: Myrna Lea (Frank) Tuning of Wilder, ID; Joseph William [Bill], Jr. (Myrlene) of Newberg, OR; Michael Eugene (Connie) of DeSoto, MO; Maurine Louise (Butch) Freeman of Eagle, ID; Stanley Craig (Beckey) of Boise, ID; John Edmund (Lisa) of Wilder, ID; Dennis Steven of Boise, ID; and Robin Christine Fritts of The Dalles, OR. Joe and Leola lived in Boise, Idaho from 1938 until December, 1991, when they moved to Friendsview. Leola was a homemaker, and worked in the Greenleaf Friends Academy office while Dennis and Robin were students there. She was a very active member of Whitney Friends Chuch, and attended North Valley and Newberg Friends Churches in Newberg. Leola had a beautiful voice and music was always an important part of her life. In High School she received an excellent rating in Nebraska state competition for vocal solo and ensemble work, and for many years she had junior and adult choirs at Whitney. In spite of her severe memory loss issues, several of her family were blessed Mother's Day because she could still sing hymns right along with them. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert Alphonso Gibson and Coila Ethel Donelson Gibson; infant son, Brian Dean; sister, Fern Viola Meston Speer; brothers, Adrian Deforest (Bud) Meston, Elmer Deloise Meston, Orvis Milton Meston and Kenneth E. (Hoot) Gibson. She is survived by sister-in-law, Helen Rourke Gibson, of Meridian; eight children; 20 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and best friend, Hazel Lanham, of Boise. Memorial services will be Friday, June 3rd, 1 p.m. at Whitney Friends Church in Boise. Burial will be at Cloverdale Cemetery in Boise. Attrell's Funeral Home, Newberg, Oregon is in charge of arrangements. The family requests memorials be given to Greenleaf Friends Academy, Greenleaf, ID, in lieu of flowers. Published in Idaho Statesman on June 2, 2011
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Together Forever Married 1/19/1938
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- Fern Viola Meston Speer 1905–1985
- Adrian DeForest "Bud" Meston 1907–1991 FaG
- Elmer Deloise Meston 1909–1969 FaG
- Orvis Milton "Orv" Meston 1911–1958 FaG
- Kenneth Erwin "Hoot" Gibson 1916–1987
- Lyle O'Dell Gibson 1918–1919 FaG
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