80th Birthday Announcement for
Richard Creighton Giberson
(I decided that I should include the text of our invitation. This is a bit out of order but I didn't think of it before. Meet my Dad.)
Richard Creighton Giberson of Midvale, UT, celebrates his
80th birthday on June 18, 2013.
He was born in Long Beach, California to Harry Hollis and Viola Grace
Morgan Ollie. Shortly after his birth
his mother passed away and he was adopted by James Earl Giberson and Gladys
Ramona Ackley Giberson.
He and his mom lived many places while he was growing up,
spending the most time in the west coast notably the San Francisco bay area and
San Diego. He graduated from La Jolla
High School and attended BYU where he graduated in chemistry in 1955. It was there that two significant events
occurred. He joined the LDS Church which
became the overall guide of his life. He
also met and married Eileen Jane Owen. They
were married on September 14, 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They had eight children. After Eileen’s death
in 1995, he married Karla Buckmiller.
Richard spent his working life in scientific research first
at the Hanford plant in Richland, Washington and then at Mason-Hanger outside
of Amarillo, Texas where he retired in
1995. He received a masters degree in chemistry
from the University of Idaho.
He is active in the
LDS Church serving in a variety of leadership and teaching callings. He and Karla served a mission to Sendai Japan,
fulfilling a dream of his to be a full time missionary.
Richard loves games
and his children have many memories of him teaching and playing games with them.
He has written for game playing magazines and also created some of his own
games. Richard enjoyed writing and the
theatre. Over his adult life he wrote
and performed within the Church and in the community. He also loves trains, traveling, computers
and reading. Most of all he loves his family—his eight children and their
spouses: Judy (Gary) Hall, Todd (Lea)
Giberson, Michael (Andrea) Giberson, Robin Giberson, Valerie (Lance) Ipson,
Lynette Giberson, Rick (Linda) Giberson, and Scott (Sandy) Giberson, his 33
grandchildren, and 9 greatchildren. In
addition, he has three step children and their spouses: Kim (Layne) Rasmussen,
David (Dawn) Dodson, and Dana (Joe) Bolin and their 11 grandchildren who call
him grandpa, too.
His
family will gather to celebrate his birthday on Saturday, June 15 at 3:00 p.m.
at the home of his eldest daughter in Syracuse, UT. Those who are expected to attend include
several of his children and grandchildren.
The celebration will extend over a number of days and will include game
playing, sightseeing, and family history.
My niece Lisa came up with the cute template with balloons etc. We want to make sure it looked like a birthday announcement and not an obituary.
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