JILL JANET (COLGAN) GIBSON, AGE 84 YEARS, PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 31, 2025 AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY.

SHE WAS THE WIFE OF DALE LENARD GIBSON AND THEY SHARED 35 YEARS TOGETHER. JILL WAS BORN IN ELLENBURG, NY AND GRADUATED FROM ALTONA CENTRAL SCHOOL IN ALTONA, NY.

IN 1984 JILL AND THE GIRLS MOVED TO FLORIDA WHERE JILL COMPLETED 2 YEARS OF COLLEGE. SHE WAS EMPLOYED AND RETIRED FROM THE OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER 33 YEARS AS A TEACHERS AIDE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THEN ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE WESLEYAN CHURCH IN KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA.

JILL ENJOYED CROCHETING, WORD SEARCH PUZZLES, BOARD/CARD GAMES, BINGO, AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER LOVE OF GOD, DEDICATION TO HER FAMILY, SENSE OF HUMOR AND MOST OF ALL HER HUGS AND KISSES.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND DALE GIBSON, DAUGHTERS LORA LAYMAN (LANCE) - ST. CLOUD, FL., MARLEEN BARNEY (CRAIG) - LEWIS, NY, PAULA GIBSON- HICKORY, NC AND HER STEPSON LEN GIBSON (JULIA)-PLATTSBURGH, NY, AS WELL AS 10 GRAND-CHILDREN, AND 10 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER SIBLINGS RACHEL ELVIDGE (ADDISON), JESSIE DROWN (STEPHEN), AND MARY LEE STANFORD (WARNER).

SHE IS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS CHARLES AND DONNA COLGAN, AND HER BROTHER WILEY COLGAN.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HER FLORIDA FRIENDS WAS HELD ON JANUARY 4. 2026 AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE WESLEYAN CHURCH, KISSIMMEE, FL WITH REV. DR. SCOTT FRISBIE.

HER MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HER NEW YORK FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE HELD ON JULY 19, 2026 AT 4:00 PM AT THE MOOERS WESLEYAN CHURCH FOLLOWED BY THE GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT SHELDON HILL CEMETERY, 2179 PLANK ROAD, ELLENBURG, NY 12935, WITH REV. JOHN GILLETTE PRESIDING.