Grace Tibbles

Lavina Grace Tibbles, one of five children of Florence (Clark) and Henry Garfield Johnson, was born at her Grandmother Clark's home in Macedonia, Iowa on August 9, 1923. Grace grew up in Macedonia and graduated from the Macedonia High School in 1941. Following school, Grace and Alva Ernest Tibbles were married in Papillion, Nebraska on July 30, 1941. They made their home on a farm near Macedonia and were blessed with four children; Bonnie, Carroll, Terry, and Nancy.

Grace enjoyed her role on the farm as wife and mother. She was a member of the Macedonia Methodist Church, the Friday Federated Club, Helping Hands Circle, and served many years as a Cub Scout Den Mother. Her other enjoyments included working with quilts and playing cards. Grace and Alva had been married 49 years when Alva died on October 2, 1990. Grace continued to live at her home until her health forced her to move to the Oakland Manor Care Center in April of 2001.

Grace died at the Oakland Manor on August 1, 2004 at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 23 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Alva Tibbles; son Terry Tibbles; daughter Bonnie Barber; and brothers Alvin Johnson and Henry G. Johnson, Jr. Grace is survived by her son Carroll Tibbles of Macedonia, IA; daughter Nancy Schnepel and her husband Mark of Carson, IA; grandchildren Rick Barber and his wife Leslie of Fremont, NE, Aaron Schnepel of Carson, Amy Schnepel of Ames, IA, and Christy Tibbles of Macedonia; sisters Betty Cleaveland of Oakland, IA, and Bonnie Kearnes and her husband Leonard of Gravois Mills, MO; sister-in-law Jackie Johnson of Council Bluffs, IA; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends