Obituary furnished by contributor Coni Dubois #47396830:
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Richard F. (Bing) Gilbert, 61, 13567 W. 12th Rd., Plymouth, died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after being ill one year. An area lifetime resident, Mr. Gilbert was born April 15, 1927 at Plymouth to James and Marie Tarant Gilbert. He was a maintenance supervisor with Con-Rail 44 years. He was married November 25, 1947 at Inwood to Jean Belt, who survives. Mr. Gilbert was a former member of the Plymouth Moose Lodge. He was a WW II veteran of the U.S. Seabee. Surviving with his wife and two daughters: Mary Ann (Mrs. Larry) Neff, bourbon; and Sharon (Mrs. Thomas) Selner, Plymouth; six grandchildren; two sisters: Laurene Gunterman, Bremen; and Lauretta Berger, Plymouth; and two brothers: Ed Gilbert, Plymouth; and Donald Gilbert, Frankfort. He was preceded in death by one brother, Robert, and one sister, Helen Platz, services will be at 11 AM Tuesday at Johnson's funeral home, Plymouth, with Rev. Brent Leichty of the Bourbon Chapel officiating. Burial will be a New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Association of Marshall County.

Plymouth - Services for Richard F. "Bing" Gilbert, 61, of 13567 W. 12th Road, who died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after an illness, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Johnson Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marshall County Cancer Society. Mr. Gilbert was a maintenance supervisor at Conrail for 45 years. He was born April 15, 1927, in Plymouth, where he lived in his lifetime. On November 25, 1947, and Inwood, he Mary Jean Belt. She survives with two daughters, Mary Ann Neff of Bourbon and Sharon Selner of Plymouth; six grandchildren; two sisters, Laurene Gunterman of Bremen and Lauretta Berger of Plymouth; and two brothers, Ed of Plymouth and Donald of Frankfort Ind. Mr. Gilbert was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Plymouth Moose.

Obituary furnished by contributor Coni Dubois #47396830:
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Richard F. (Bing) Gilbert, 61, 13567 W. 12th Rd., Plymouth, died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after being ill one year. An area lifetime resident, Mr. Gilbert was born April 15, 1927 at Plymouth to James and Marie Tarant Gilbert. He was a maintenance supervisor with Con-Rail 44 years. He was married November 25, 1947 at Inwood to Jean Belt, who survives. Mr. Gilbert was a former member of the Plymouth Moose Lodge. He was a WW II veteran of the U.S. Seabee. Surviving with his wife and two daughters: Mary Ann (Mrs. Larry) Neff, bourbon; and Sharon (Mrs. Thomas) Selner, Plymouth; six grandchildren; two sisters: Laurene Gunterman, Bremen; and Lauretta Berger, Plymouth; and two brothers: Ed Gilbert, Plymouth; and Donald Gilbert, Frankfort. He was preceded in death by one brother, Robert, and one sister, Helen Platz, services will be at 11 AM Tuesday at Johnson's funeral home, Plymouth, with Rev. Brent Leichty of the Bourbon Chapel officiating. Burial will be a New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Association of Marshall County.

Plymouth - Services for Richard F. "Bing" Gilbert, 61, of 13567 W. 12th Road, who died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after an illness, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Johnson Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marshall County Cancer Society. Mr. Gilbert was a maintenance supervisor at Conrail for 45 years. He was born April 15, 1927, in Plymouth, where he lived in his lifetime. On November 25, 1947, and Inwood, he Mary Jean Belt. She survives with two daughters, Mary Ann Neff of Bourbon and Sharon Selner of Plymouth; six grandchildren; two sisters, Laurene Gunterman of Bremen and Lauretta Berger of Plymouth; and two brothers, Ed of Plymouth and Donald of Frankfort Ind. Mr. Gilbert was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Plymouth Moose.