OBIT: Jay F. GILBERT, 2008, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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      GILBERT, Jay F.  03/10/08   Daily American
  
    Jay F. Gilbert, 64, Girard, Ohio, formerly of Somerset, passed away of congestive heart
  failure, March 8, 2008,  at North Side Hospital . Born Oct. 12, 1943, in Somerset, the son
  of James F. and Mary Catherine (Baker) Gilbert. Besides his parents, he is also preceded
  in death by a brother, Paul Gilbert, who was killed in the Vietnam War in 1966. Survived
  by his previous wife, Diane Gold; daughters, Lisa Conklin and husband, Rich, Howland,
  Ohio; and  Jackie Cowles and husband, Jeff, Weathersfield Township, Ohio; three
  brothers, Elwood Gilbert, Liberty, Ohio;  Roger Gilbert, Gray; and Ralph Gilbert,
  Boswell; one sister, Denise Price, West Virginia; seven grandchildren, Jonathan, Tyler,
  Zackery, Nicholas, Brook, Riley and Delaney; and one great-granddaughter, Kiley. He
  also leaves several nieces and nephews and a nephew, Scott O'Brien with whom he made his
  home. Jay was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, Niles, Ohio. He worked at Cole
  Valley (formerly Valley Pontiac) for 42 years, retiring in March 2007 as the assistant
  body shop manager. He enjoyed his grandchildren and spending time with them. Jay also
  enjoyed westerns, country music and writing poetry. Friends received from 4 to 7 p.m. 
  Tuesday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home,  Somerset, where service will be held at
  11 a.m. Wednesday. Interment, Beams Cemetery.