Kathy Margaret Gibb Stracner was the third of four children born to James Malcom Gibb and Margaret Kathleen White. She was born in Pasadena, California but raised in Salinas. Her early school years found her in a one room school house on Blanco Road. One year she was the only child to show up for either the third or fourth grade, so she was bumped into the next higher grade. All through the remainder of her schooling she was a year younger that her classmates.
An outgoing sports enthusiast, she could hit a baseball and throw a football better than most guys. Known as "Gibber" by all her friends in school, Kathy loved to dance, play her records and drive her car. After graduation from high school Kathy married James L. Stracner. To this union were born six children, two sons and four daughters. Sadly this marriage ended in divorce in 1976 and Kathy went on to raise her children on her own. Devoted to her duties as a mother she worked hard, often sacrificed much and raised six children to adulthood.
A cerebral embolism took Kathy at the young age of 44.
An outgoing sports enthusiast, she could hit a baseball and throw a football better than most guys. Known as "Gibber" by all her friends in school, Kathy loved to dance, play her records and drive her car. After graduation from high school Kathy married James L. Stracner. To this union were born six children, two sons and four daughters. Sadly this marriage ended in divorce in 1976 and Kathy went on to raise her children on her own. Devoted to her duties as a mother she worked hard, often sacrificed much and raised six children to adulthood.
A cerebral embolism took Kathy at the young age of 44.
Kathy Margaret Gibb Stracner was the third of four children born to James Malcom Gibb and Margaret Kathleen White. She was born in Pasadena, California but raised in Salinas. Her early school years found her in a one room school house on Blanco Road. One year she was the only child to show up for either the third or fourth grade, so she was bumped into the next higher grade. All through the remainder of her schooling she was a year younger that her classmates.
An outgoing sports enthusiast, she could hit a baseball and throw a football better than most guys. Known as "Gibber" by all her friends in school, Kathy loved to dance, play her records and drive her car. After graduation from high school Kathy married James L. Stracner. To this union were born six children, two sons and four daughters. Sadly this marriage ended in divorce in 1976 and Kathy went on to raise her children on her own. Devoted to her duties as a mother she worked hard, often sacrificed much and raised six children to adulthood.
A cerebral embolism took Kathy at the young age of 44.
An outgoing sports enthusiast, she could hit a baseball and throw a football better than most guys. Known as "Gibber" by all her friends in school, Kathy loved to dance, play her records and drive her car. After graduation from high school Kathy married James L. Stracner. To this union were born six children, two sons and four daughters. Sadly this marriage ended in divorce in 1976 and Kathy went on to raise her children on her own. Devoted to her duties as a mother she worked hard, often sacrificed much and raised six children to adulthood.
A cerebral embolism took Kathy at the young age of 44.
