New Health Officer
Recent Norwich Appointee is Thoroughly Well Equipped
Utica Saturday Globe, November 1911
Dr. Edwin Fred Gibson
1886 - 1957
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Dr. Edwin F. Gibson, recently appointed local health officer in place of Dr. Paul B. Brooks, resigned, is a son of Supt. and Mrs. Stanford J. Gibson, of Norwich. Dr. Gibson was graduated from the Norwich High School in the class of 1905 and from Cornell Unviersity Medical College in 1910. Sicne that time he has been a member of St. Luke's Hospital staff in Utica. He is thoroughly well equipped for the duties of his new position as well as the general practice of his profession. He was married a few weeks ago to Miss Anna Berry, of South New Berlin. Dr. Gibson is occupying the office on Mitchell street formerly used by the late Dr. Phelps.
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Obituary
Syracuse Herald Journal, August 21, 1957
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]-Dr. Edwin F. Gibson, 71, a practicing physician in Norwich for many years, died yesterday afternoon in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Syracuse. He had been in failing health for a number of years. A native of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], he received his early education in Norwich and graduated from Cornell Medical School in 1910. He began the general practice of medicine in Norwich that same year. He was at one time Chenango County physician, and was health officer and school physician for the city of Norwich prior to his illness. He was a member of the Chenango County Medical Society, the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He was a member of the Norwich Club, the Norwich Elks Lodge and was a Mason. He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the Lt. Warren E. Eaton Post, American Legion. During World War I he enlisted in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, was commissioned a captain and saw overseas service for 18 months. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Berry Gibson, a daughter Gloria, and a son, Edwin Fred Gibson Jr.; two brothers, Kasson Gibson of Washington, and Stanford J. Gibson of Norwich, and four grandchildren. The body was brought to Norwich by the Devine Funeral Home.
[Compiler note: Dr. Edwin Fred Gibson, son of Stanford Jay and Gertrude Justine (Sage) Gibson, was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich, NY]
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Wife's Obituary - Anna Berry Gibson
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) Feb. 6, 1965
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]- Mrs. Anna B. Gibson, 75, of 93 N. Broad St., widow of Dr. Edwin Gibson, died Thursday at the Earlville Nursing Home [Madison Co., NY]. Born in South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], she was married to Dr. Gibson in 1911. He died in 1957. Mrs. Gibson was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the church women' organization. She was a charter member of the Chenango County Chapter of the American Red Cross and a member of the Capt. John Harris Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Gloria Boenig of Wapning, Conn., a son, Edwin F. Gibson Jr. of Syracuse and six grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, the Rev. William D. Richardson rector, officiating. The body will be placed in Mt. Hope Cemetery vault for later burial. Friends may call at the Devine Funeral Home Sunday afternoon and evening.
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