Gerry McCubbins

February 6, 1935 - December 20, 2015

Gerry McCubbins, age 80, of Monrovia, peacefully passed from this life on December 20, 2015, surrounded by her loving family in Countryside Meadows Nursing Facility, Avon. Gerry was born in Indianapolis, on February 6, 1935, to the late Ralph E. and Mary A. (Sandrock) Richey. Gerry attended Indianapolis Public Schools and moved to Monrovia at Echo Lake in 1968. A caring and strong-willed woman, Gerry was confident and very organized. She was able to create a balance between being the best mother and raising six children while also working outside of the home. In addition to being a homemaker, she was a bookkeeper for Price Electrical and was employed for many years at the Echo Lake Grocery Store and Pats Tavern in Mooresville. She loved camping, dancing, roller skating, playing bingo, tending to her flowers and birds; especially hummingbirds. Gerry will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all of her loved ones. Survivors include her loving husband Ronald “Ron” Max McCubbins, to whom she was united in marriage on March 18,1961; adored children, Deborah Cullins of Alabama, Vickie Worley of Indianapolis, Steve McCubbins of Mooresville, Perry McCubbins (wife, Patricia) of Monrovia, Tim Hawkins (wife, Brenda) of Mooresville and Ronnie McCubbins of Anderson; 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 7pm, on Monday, December 28, 2015, at Light Memorial & Funeral Chapel in Monrovia. Friends and family are invited to visit on Monday from 3pm until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Franciscan St. Francis Cancer Center, 1201 Hadley Road, Mooresville, IN 46158 to help locally fund lung cancer research. To share a favorite memory, sign the online guest registry or light a candle in Gerry’s memory visit www.lightmemorial.com.