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Bernice <I>Horner</I> Gilbert

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Bernice Horner Gilbert

Birth
West Virginia, USA
Death
6 May 2013 (aged 97)
McDonald, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Midway, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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She died in her home.

She was a daughter of Mims L. and Rosalee Jones Horner.

Mrs. Gilbert worked as a cook at Fort Cherry High School for 15 years before retiring in 1978. She loved baking, cooking and canning and liked spending time with family during the holidays. She was a member of the McDonald Women's Club and McDonald Garden Club.

On January 15, 1934, she married John B. Gilbert in Wellsburg, W.Va.

Surviving were a daughter, Donna J. (Bob) Ralston of McDonald; nine grandchildren, Debbie Baldigowski, Paul Demnyan, Shari Wagner, Lori Kargle, Shelley Douglass, Bob Ralston, Roxanne Baxter, Marsha Seater and John Gilbert; 18 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents and husband, were two daughters, Lena Demnyan and Linda Reese; a son, John G. "Punk" Gilbert; four brothers, Henry, Earl, Homer and Howard Horner; and four sisters, Edna Yeager, Nettie McVicker, Pearl Hayes and Marie Worstel.
She died in her home.

She was a daughter of Mims L. and Rosalee Jones Horner.

Mrs. Gilbert worked as a cook at Fort Cherry High School for 15 years before retiring in 1978. She loved baking, cooking and canning and liked spending time with family during the holidays. She was a member of the McDonald Women's Club and McDonald Garden Club.

On January 15, 1934, she married John B. Gilbert in Wellsburg, W.Va.

Surviving were a daughter, Donna J. (Bob) Ralston of McDonald; nine grandchildren, Debbie Baldigowski, Paul Demnyan, Shari Wagner, Lori Kargle, Shelley Douglass, Bob Ralston, Roxanne Baxter, Marsha Seater and John Gilbert; 18 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents and husband, were two daughters, Lena Demnyan and Linda Reese; a son, John G. "Punk" Gilbert; four brothers, Henry, Earl, Homer and Howard Horner; and four sisters, Edna Yeager, Nettie McVicker, Pearl Hayes and Marie Worstel.


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