SUPER DOT
Dottie Mellon Gibson was born June 18, 1919 in Creston Iowa, died July 21, 2015 in Wilsonville Oregon, and began her amazingly varied adventurous exploration of Life experiences!
As a child and teen, she studied ballet, tap, and toe-tap becoming the youngest member of the Dance Masters of America. Attending Drake University, she studied Early Childhood Education, playing saxophone in the marching band.
After graduation, she married Chuck Gibson and they moved west to Portland, Oregon in 1943. She taught Kindergarten in the Portland Public Schools system until retirement. In her 'free time', she won multi Portland City Championships in tennis and table tennis. An avid golfer until last year, she loved skiing on Mt. Hood when the chair lift was young and until she was 93!
Widowed in 1951, she became a member of the Mazamas Mountaineering Club in 1957, going on to hike, climb, trek, and ski all over the world . . . including completing the famous 53 km Milford Track in New Zealand.
Super Dot led her children on a life of Adventurous Enrichment! Her son, daughter, and five grandchildren continue to try to 'keep up' on the trail she cleverly left for us to follow!!
"Toodles for now," she would say . . .
With Love & Admiration, we now say: "Toodles for now. See you at the Mountain! THANKS, MOM!!!