Beloved husband of the late Margaret (James) Gibbs; loving father of Brenda (Bob) Lichtle, Michael (Nancy) Gibbs, Paul (Dena) Gibbs, Sarah (John) Leonard; grandfather of Allison (Ezgar) Villarreal, Andrew Lichtle, Jeremiah (Jessica) Gibbs, Jonathon (Telesha) Gibbs, Michelle (Adam) Spencer, Paul Gibbs, and Madison and Logan Leonard; and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Rich was born the son of Hershel and Buella (Gay) Gibbs in Marion, Michigan on October 21, 1926. He attended school in Auburn Heights. Rich married Margaret Joyce James on June 5, 1951. He worked as a newspaper delivery man, and yellow cab driver, then at General Dynamics, and finally retired from the Oakland County Road Commission.
Rich loved to fish, camp, hunt, and in later years he loved to scratch off bingo cards.
Rich’s family will receive all for a visitation on Saturday September 7th from 10am until the time of funeral service at noon at Pixley Funeral Home, located at 3530 Auburn Rd. in Auburn Hills. Interment will follow at Christian Memorial Cemetery.