AUBURN – Gracejean Gibson Briggs, 87, formerly of Oak Hill Road, Auburn, died Friday, May 27, at Clover Manor Nursing Home.

Born in Auburn on Sept. 18, 1917, she was the daughter of John and Grace Gibson of Auburn. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1935.

On Oct. 23, 1939, she married Donald Briggs of Auburn. She and her husband were avid golfers at Fairlawn Golf Club.

Mrs. Briggs was a lifetime member of the East Auburn Baptist Church, where she was very involved in various activities including the missions committee. She was presented a plaque from the church in May of 2000 for her many years of dedicated service as a deaconess, trustee and Sunday school superintendent.

She loved her church, volunteering for suppers, prayer chains and everything asked of her, including writing numerous letters to all the missionaries the church supports.

For many years, she worked at Sears in Lewiston, and later as the director and cook for the Auburn School Department at East Auburn Elementary School, retiring in 1972.

She is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Bonnie and Warren Galway, and Sheena and Mark Peillet, all of Auburn; four grandsons, Ryan Galway and his wife, Shweta, of Falmouth, Nathan Galway and his wife, Brandy, of Lewiston, Neil James of Auburn, and Brent James of Boston; two great-grandchildren, Teagan and Aaron Galway of Lewiston; a brother and his wife, Charles Robert and Thelma Gibson of Auburn; and two nieces, Joyce Gibson Estes and Barbara Briggs Hinkley, both of Auburn.

She was predeceased by her husband, Don, who died June 15, 1995.

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