ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GILBERTSON, MICHAEL “MIKE” 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Posted: Friday, October 26, 2012 

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Michael “Mike” Gilbertson, 65, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012.

Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Juliette Lorraine Michel Gilbertson, 
foster and adopted child, Jessie Michael Gilbertson; stepchild, Daniel Joseph 
Rockvoan III, and sister-in-law, Michelle Michel, and nephew, Marc Evans 
Mouton, both of Dothan, Ala.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jane Ruffin of Hot Springs, Ark., and 
Lee Gilbertson of North Dakota.

He had been a resident of Houston, Hot Springs, Ark.; New Orleans and Baton 
Rouge and St Tammany Parish and graduated high school in the same class with 
former President Bill Clinton.

He was a talented musician and singer with various bands in the 1960s and owner 
and manager of Cosmos II in the French Quarter in the 1970s. He worked for the 
New Orleans Cigarette & Amusement Company and as a hearing aid specialist for 
Billtone Hearing Services and salesman and assistant manager for several 
automotive dealerships before retirement.

The former Arkansas Razorbacks college football player was an avid Saints and 
LSU fan.

A private service for family, close friends and former coworkers will be Oct. 
29 at 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 1633 Louisiana Highway 1085, Covington

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