Merrilee Nolan Gibson, LMFT, Psy.D.
April 18, 1941 – January 23, 2021
Merrilee Esther Stucke was a long time member of the SCV-CAMFT chapter and she will be greatly missed. She was a musical child and studied at San Francisco State College (now University), and became a professional singer at Calvary Presbyterian Church. She also worked as a secretary and then as an analyst for the Civil Service Commission of the City of San Francisco. She married Tom Nolan and moved to San Jose, making her living as a piano teacher. After Tom died, she met and married Warren Gibson in 1984 and they lived in a house he built in Belmont until her death in 2021.
After the tragic loss of her mother in 1993, Merrilee was inspired to begin a career as a psychotherapist. She earned an MA degree in counseling psychology from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont. She added a Psy.D. degree from Ryokan College in 2011 and in recent years had contracted with San Mateo County to provide therapy services. In the months leading up to her death, she held sessions entirely online, continuing until just one week before her death.
Merrilee fought a number of illnesses with aplomb. She passed away peacefully in her sleep, at home. Merrilee is survived by her husband Warren Gibson, her brother John Stucke of Pacheco, two nieces and one nephew.
No services are planned. You may contribute to your favorite charity in her memory.
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