Marianne Sibley Gallup

MARIANNE (SIBLEY) GALLUP WAS BORN IN RURAL, WESTERN KANSAS CITY KANSAS MARCH 3, 1933 TO ALBERT AND ANNA (HAGERMAN) SIBLEY. SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL 1952, THEN GOT WRITTEN PERMISSION, FROM HER MOTHER, AND SAILED TO ENGLAND WHERE SHE MARRIED AIR FORCE SERGEANT, BURTON (BUCK) GALLUP. WHILE THEY WERE IN ENGLAND, THEIR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION WAS A MOTORCYCLE. NEXT, THEY WERE STATIONED AT SPOKANE WASHINGTON, WHERE THEIR 1ST SON (MIKE) WAS BORN IN 1954. DURING THE MID-FIFTIES, BUCK BEGAN RACING MOTORCYCLES AND TOGETHER THEY ORGANIZED A SMALL GROUP OF RIDERS FROM THE AIRFORCE BASE INTO THE WILDCATS MOTORCYCLE CLUB. THE FOLLOWING TRANSFER WAS TO SUNNYMEAD CALIFORNIA, NEAR RIVERSIDE, WHERE THEIR 2ND SON (MARK) WAS BORN IN 1959. EVEN DURING HER PREGNANCY, SHE DROVE ACROSS THE MOHAVE DESERT TO DELIVER GAS, WATER, AND ASSISTANCE TO BUCK IN CROSS COUNTRY MOTORCYCLE RACES. “BUCK AND MARIANNE” MOVED TO WARRENSBURG MISSOURI IN 1960. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO WHITEMAN AIRFORCE BASE, WHERE HE RETIRED IN 1967. SHE WORKED OCCATIONALLY AT WILLIAMS JEWERY AND DEP’S TAVERN IN WARRENSBURG, MOSTLY TO HELP HER FRIENDS. SHE AND BUCK ENJOYED THE WARRENSBURG NIGHT LIFE, ON WEEKENDS, THROUGH-OUT THE YEARS AT THE LOCAL LOUNGES, INCLUDING THE ABODE, THE INN B TWEEN, AND DEP’S. THEY ENJOYED DANCING TO JOHNNY NACE AND THE MIDNIGHTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY INN, AND THEY WERE FRIENDS TO EVERYONE. MARIANNE BECAME THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOM FOR THE 8TH STREET TERRACE AREA KIDS IN BROADVIEW. MOST GREW UP IN HER YARD, WITH HER BOYS, PLAYING BASEBALL, AND RACING BICYCLES. EVERY AGE OF KID WAS WELCOME FOR GAMES OF COWBOYS, ARMY, TAG, OR HIDE AND SEEK. HER HOUSE WAS ALWAYS THE PUBLIC RESTROOM AND REFRESHMENT STAND. OTHER MOMS GATHERED IN HER KITCHEN, SMOKING CIGARETTES AND DRINKING COFFEE. (SHE QUIT SMOKING IN THE 70’S) SHE GAVE A FEW FRIENDS PERMS AND PIERCED A FEW EARS. IN HER LATER YEARS, SHE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD HELPER AND GRANDMOTHER FIGURE TO A NEW GENERATION OF NEIGHBORS’ KIDS. SHE ENJOYED PLANTING AND GROWING ALL TYPES OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND PLANTS IN AND AROUND HER HOUSE. DOZENS OF FLOWERS, SHRUBS, AND BUSHES BLOOM THROUGH-OUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER. AFTER BUCK PASSED, SHE STAYED INDEPENDENT AND LIVED ALONE IN THE FAMILY HOME FOR 20 YEARS. MIKE AND MARK RETURNED TO TOWN IN THE EARLY 2000’S AND WERE CLOSE TO HER UNTIL HER SUDDEN ILLNESS. EVEN IN THE HOSPITAL, SHE WAS ALERT AND MADE ALL OF HER OWN MEDICAL DECISIONS. THE DOCTORS AND NURSES AT WMMC IN WARRENSBURG AND AT RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER IN KANSAS CITY WERE TOUCHED BY HER AND TRULY CARED. SEVERAL CRIED WITH US. SHE WAS ALWAYS COMFORTABLE, AND STILL SMILED TO HER LAST DAY. MARIANNE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS MIKE AND MARK GALLUP OF WARRENSBURG. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW DEBBIE GALLUP, 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS MEGAN AND MOLLY GALLUP, AND GRANDSON MICHAEL GALLUP, OF NEWBERRY MICHIGAN. EXTENDED FAMILY CONNIE MCCORMICK AND HER SON KHRIS WILLIAMS. HER BROTHER FRED YOUNG AND FAMILY VISITATION IS 2PM TO 4PM SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17TH, AT SWEENTY PHILLIPS HOLDREN FUNERAL HOME IN WARRENSBURG

Marianne Sibley Gallup

March 1, 1933 - November 7, 2018