Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gilbert, Melvin C. 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net March 31, 2018, 1:08 pm Lowell Ledger, 21 Jul 1938 Melvin C. Gilbert, youngest child of Horace and Malvina Jones Gilbert, was born January 16, 1858 on the farm where he died Saturday, July 16 in South Boston-tp. He was married to Blanche Coles December 13, 1888. To them was born one daughter who passed away May 21, 1910. Mr. Gilbert gave up farming nine years ago when his health began to fail and a part of the time each year since has been spent at the home of a nephew in Detroit. He was seriously ill only a part of the time during the last year. He was the last one of his father’s family to pass away. He is survived by his wife, a number of nieces and nephews and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gilbert7455gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb