Funeral services for Brandon Gibbons, age 30, of Lemmon, SD will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon. Pastor Ken Miller will officiate with burial in the Greenhill Cemetery in Lemmon.


Serving as casketbearers are David Knutson, Jeremy Wise, Teryl Lensegrav, Bryce Hepper, Levi Paulson and Leon Paulson.


BRANDON JAMES GIBBONS was born May 22, 1979 in Hettinger, ND to Merle Nilsen and Sylvia Gibbons. He grew up in Lemmon and where he attended school until the first part of his sophomore year. Brandon then attended school at a Job Corp High School in Nemo, SD where he graduated in 1995. He returned to Lemmon for a short time and then moved to Bismarck in 2002 where he did odd jobs and carpenter work. He moved to Minot where he worked for construction companies and for private contractors. Brandon returned to Lemmon in May of 2009 where he began his own construction company.


He enjoyed riding bike, spending quality time with his special sons, shooting pool, pitching horseshoe, and hanging out with friends. He loved collecting things that were old. Since he was a little boy, he always enjoyed fishing.


Brandon passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2009 in Lemmon.


He is survived by his mother, Sylvia Gibbons, Lemmon, SD; special sons, Kaden James Gibbons, and Kaleb James Bootz, both of Aberdeen, SD; special uncle, John Gibbons, Mott, ND and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.


Brandon was preceded in death by his father, Merle Nilsen, and maternal and paternal grandparents.


Visitation will be on Friday, October 2, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; on Saturday 9:00 to 12:00 noon at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and one hour prior to services at Calvary Lutheran Church.


In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials.