6/3/2021 2:54:47 PM
Barbara Ann (Rynders) Gibbons, 82, Godfrey, died peacefully on Wednesday, June 2 in her home surrounded by her children holding her hands.
She was born on September 10, 1938, in Alton, the daughter of Frank W. and Sabina (Berghoff) Rynders. The importance of family was there from the beginning: growing up with five older brothers and one younger sister. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic Parochial Grade School and graduated from Marquette Catholic High School. Her lifetime service of positively influencing lives began when she taught third grade at St. Mary’s Parochial Grade School, second grade at St. Ambrose Parochial Grade School, and then as a full-time homemaker.