Patricia "Patty" Meier Gibbons

PATTY WAS CALLED HOME BY GOD ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24, 2014 SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 OVARIAN CANCER. PATTY WAS UNDER GOING CHEMO TREATMENTS WHEN SHE PASSED AT BEN TAUB HOSPITAL IN THEIR CANCER WING. GOD WAS MERCIFUL IN TAKING HER QUICKLY AND NOT LETTING HER SUFFER IN AGONIZING PAIN AND LONG BOUTS WITH CHEMO TREATMENTS. PATTY’S FAITH WAS STRONGER THAN EVER ONCE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. SHE NEVER QUESTIONED GOD AND GOT MAD AT GOD FOR GETTING CANCER. SHE HAD RESIDED IN KNOWING THAT GOD’S WILL WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID OR HOW WELL THE TREATMENTS WORKED. SHE FACED THIS CHALLENGE HEAD ON WITH ALL SHE HAD, SPIRITUALLY, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD OF HER THAN WHILE SHE WAS BATTLING THIS DEADLY DISEASE. THE STRENGTH AND FAITH PATTY SHOWED DURING THIS TIME WAS SECOND TO NONE. PATTY WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT HER FAMILY AND HOW THEY WERE DEALING WITH THIS AND HOLDING UP THAN ABOUT HERSELF. SHE WAS VERY COURAGEOUS IN MANY WAYS. WE KNOW THAT GOD PUT PATTY ON THIS EARTH TO BE A CARE GIVER AND TO TEACH AND LOVE CHILDREN. HER PASSION WAS SHOWING LOVE AND TEACHING THESE CHILDREN AND THOSE AROUND HER THAT KNEW AND LOVED HER. SHE WAS A CARING WOMAN AND LOVED TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED IN ANY WAY SHE COULD. THIS IS EVIDENT BY ALL THOSE THAT SHE TOUCHED IN SO MANY WAYS. PATTY HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR CHILDREN AND IT SHOWED BY THE WAY SHE TAUGHT, CARED FOR, TALKED TO AND LOVED THEM WITH ALL HER HEART. SHE BELIEVED THAT SHOWING CHILDREN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND CARE THAT THIS WOULD MAKE THE CHILDREN BETTER PEOPLE IN LIFE AND SHOW THEM THAT SOMEBODY CARES ABOUT THEM AT TIMES WHEN THEIR PARENTS WERE NOT AROUND TO COMFORT THEM. PATTY WORKED AT HOLLOWAY PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE FOR 28 YEARS WHERE SHE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES. NOT ONLY OF THE CHILDREN THAT SHE TAUGHT, BUT ALSO THE PARENTS AND COWORKERS THERE AS WELL. PATTY AND HER SISTERS ATTENDED THE SAME PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER WHILE THEIR MOM WORKED LONG HOURS AS A SINGLE PARENT TO 3 GIRLS. THEY BECAME VERY CLOSE WITH JOYCE AND HERB HOLLOWAY AND THEIR DAUGHTER DIANE. THEY BECAME HER SECOND FAMILY DURING THIS TIME AND IT CONTINUED WHEN SHE STARTED WORKING FOR JOYCE IN 1986. PATTY MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND JOSEPH GIBBONS IN 1985 AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON JUNE 13, 1987. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 27 YEARS UNTIL HER UNTIMELY DEATH. PATTY AND JOSEPH (JOEY) LOVED EACH OTHER AND WERE BEST FRIENDS. THEY LOVED TO DO THINGS TOGETHER SUCH AS CAMPING, FISHING, CANOEING, RIDING HORSES, AND GOING TO ALL FORMS OF RACING. THEY ALSO ENJOYED BEING RODEO TICKET HOLDERS FOR MANY YEARS ATTENDING MOST RODEOS HELD IN HOUSTON FOR 27 YEARS. PATTY LOVED BEING OUTDOORS SEEING NATURE AND ALL THE ANIMALS WITH HER HUSBAND THAT THEY WOULD ENCOUNTER. SHE LOVED ANIMALS HAD MANY PETS WHICH SHE SHOWED SO MUCH LOVE TO FROM DOGS AND CATS TO TURTLES. SHE SHOWED THEM AS MUCH LOVE AS SHE DID THE CHILDREN SHE TAUGHT. PATTY WAS ALSO PROUD TO BE AN AUNT AND GREAT AUNT TO HER NIECE KRISTY AND NEPHEW CHARLIE AND GREAT NEPHEW LANE. SHE LOVED TO COOK WHICH HER MOM HAD TAUGHT HER AS A YOUNG GIRL SPENDING MUCH TIME WITH HER IN THE KITCHEN. HER FAITH AND FAMILY CAME FIRST TO PATTY AND SHE LOVED BEING AROUND THEM ESPECIALLY DURING THE FAMILY REUNIONS WHEN SHE GOT TO SEE MOST OF HER MANY RELATIVES. PATTY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER GRAND PARENTS ALBERT & REGINA HYZAK SR.; ROBERT MEIER & MARY SCHLICKHEISEN. FATHER ALBERT LEROY MEIER; FATHER-IN-LAW JOSEPH GIBBONS SR.; UNCLES ALBERT (SONNY) HYZAK JR., TIM HAJDA; AUNT MARY LEE (HUSBAND JERRY) GORUBEC, AND PATTY’S SON JASON. PATTY IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND JOSEPH (JOEY) GIBBONS JR.; MOTHER MARJORIE MEIER; SISTERS CHERYL (ROBERT) NEU, CINDY FOSTER; NIECE KRISTY (ALAN) MOTLOCH & SON LANE; NEPHEW CHARLES (KATE) BROWN 3RD. ; AUNTS SISTER THADINE HYZAK, BARBARA (W.C.) KOLINEK, PAULA HAJDA, SISTER BARBARA LYNN HYZAK, RITA GEORGE, DOROTHY HYZAK; MOTHER-IN-LAW BASHABA GIBBONS, AND MANY NUMEROUS COUSINS. PATTY LIVED HER LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND WANTED ALL THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER TO DO THE SAME. SHE ASKED THAT WE NOT MOURN HER BUT TO RATHER CELEBRATE HER LIFE AND THE WAY SHE LIVED IT, LOVING AND CARING FOR OTHER AND HAVING FUN AS OFTEN AS SHE COULD. SO WE NEED TO HONOR HER WISHES AND LIVE LIFE AS SHE DID AND WANTS US TO BY LOVING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND HELPING THOSE IN NEED WHEN YOU CAN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. THE GIBBONS FAMILY WILL BE PRESENT TO RECEIVE FRIENDS SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2015 FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 12:00 PM FOR VISITATION AT DETTLING FUNERAL HOME, 14094 MEMORIAL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TX 77079. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE THAT SAME DAY AT 12:00 PM IN THE CHAPEL AT DETTLING FUNERAL HOME.

Patricia "Patty" Meier Gibbons

May 27, 1963 - December 24, 2014