Donald McGibbon

McGibbon, Donald "Mac" MONONA/ ROCHESTER, MINN. - Donald "Mac" McGibbon, age 90, died peacefully Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, at Shorewood Senior Campus in Rochester, Minn., where he resided since April of 2005 after living in Monona for 48 years. He was born in Superior, Wis. to Percy and Frances McGibbon on Nov. 17, 1917 and graduated from Superior Central High School in 1935. After high school, Mac worked various jobs including as a brakeman for the railroad and as a caddy at Nemadji Golf Course in Superior. He attended several semesters at Superior State Teachers College before ending up at Whitewater State Teachers College. Macs education was interrupted in July of 1941 when he was drafted by the U.S. Army. He served from 1941-1946 in the Pacific Theatre obtaining the rank of First Lieutenant. Upon completion of his military service, he completed his business education degree at Whitewater and later his masters in business education at UW-Madison. He started his career as a school teacher at Monroe High School (1948-1956). Besides teaching accounting and business math, he was the Monroe golf coach and assistant basketball coach. It was at Monroe High School where he met his future wife and fellow school teacher, Eunice Goeler. They married in 1956. That same year Mac and Eunice moved to Madison where he was hired as the assistant director for resource planning and operations for the U.S. Armed Forces Institute (USAFI). After USAFI ended its Madison operations in 1974, he worked as the director for the Greater Milwaukee Area Career Education Project and then finished his career as a test coordinator with the UW-Madison (1976-1985). Mac was an avid sports fan. He loved coaching and attending his sons games as they were growing up. In his retirement years you could find Mac at the golf course during the warm months and at the Madison Curling Club in the winter. He was active in his church, Lake Edge United Church of Christ and enjoyed working as a volunteer in tax preparation at local senior centers. He is survived by his three sons, Mike (Patty) of Custer, Wis., Tom (Heile) of Millville, Minn. and Pat from Sheboygan, Wis.; five grandchildren, Ian, Sean, Jeremiah, Nicole and Jon; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eunice, in 1993; his parents; and his sister, June Schmid. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, at noon at LAKE EDGE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 4200 Buckeye Road, with the Rev. Debra Dean-Ware presiding. Burial will be at Roselawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made either to Lake Edge United Church of Christ; Seasons Hospice, 1811 Greenview Place SW, Suite 110, Rochester, Minn., 55902 or another charity of choice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.gundersonfh.com.