Michele H. “Shelly” (Bourdon) Gibson, 46, of Ipswich, died Friday, Sept. 16, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers after a battle with cancer.

She was born in Quincy, July 26, 1965 the daughter of Howard C. and Phyllis A. (Williams) Bourdon of Cocoa, Fla., formerly of Duxbury.  Ms. Gibson was raised in Duxbury and graduated from Marshfield High School with the Class of 1984 and from Mount Ida College in Newton in 1986. She resided in Ipswich the past 15 years, enjoying being a mom and raising her family. She also worked as a phlebotomist at Beverly Hospital for many years and part time at Corliss Brothers Garden Center in Ipswich.

She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Hope in Ipswich where she shared her musical gift of guitar playing.  Ms. Gibson shared her artistic and creative talent as an active member of Safe Studio.

In addition to her parents, Ms. Gibson leaves her three children, Emily H. Gibson, Greg D. Gibson, and Andrew T. Gibson of Ipswich; her brother, Michael Bourdon and his wife Pam of Orlando, Fla.; her significant other, Kevin Taylor of Ipswich; one niece, two nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, at Our Lady of Hope Church, One Pineswamp Road, Ipswich.  Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gibson Family Fund, c/o TD Bank, 23 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 or any TD Bank branch office. Assistance with the arrangements was by the Remick and Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton, N.H.