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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Florence A. Gilbert
Monday, October 1, 2018
Florence A. Gilbert
Florence A. Gilbert , 87, of Fox River Grove, Ill., died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at the Fair Oaks Living Center in Crystal Lake, Ill.
The funeral was today at the Willow Creek Community Church Chapel in South Barrington, Ill. Visitation was at 10 a.m. with a memorial service at 11 a.m. with Pastor Bill Shoemaker officiating. Burial followed at the Windridge Cemetery in Cary, Ill. Elegy Cremation and Memorial Services of Arlington Heights, Ill, is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Family Alliance, Inc., 2028 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, Ill., 60098.
She was born Sept. 1, 1917, in Stockport, the daughter of Frank and Mary Etta (Scarff) Swailes. She married Blair Edward Gilbert on Dec. 25, 1939.
Survivors include three children, Blair M. Gilbert of Fox River Grove, Ill.; Milton L. Gilbert of Clovis Pt., Calif.; and Virginia L. Gilbert of Madison, Ala.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and all her siblings.