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Gilbert J. Gerber  Gilbert J. Gerber
Male 1913 - 1992

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  • Birth  2 Dec 1913  Oneida, Nemeha County, Gilman Township, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Occupation  Farmer Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Oneida, KS 
    Religion  Oneida And Sabetha Find all individuals with events at this location 
    United Methodist Church 
    Retirement  1973 
    Moved to Sabetha, KS 
    Buried  Jan 1992  Albany, Nemaha, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  23 Jan 1992 
    Cause: Heart Attack 
    Person ID  I0071  Gerber Family Tree
    Last Modified  03 Dec 2009 
     
    Father  Ernst Gerber,   b. 11 Sep 1879,   d. 30 Jun 1974 
    Mother  Clara Moser,   b. 7 Jun 1888, Oneida, Nemeha County, Gilman Township, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1965, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  3 Jan 1907  Oneida, Nemeha County, Gilman Township, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F0039  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Virginia Marie Hollister,   b. 21 Mar 1915,   d. 2 Sep 1998, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  17 Feb 1936  Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Gilbert purchased Ernst's Dairy farm near Oneida, KS.
    Children 
    >1. Ruth Marie Gerber
    >2. Leland Gilbert Gerber
    >3. Kathryn Elaine Gerber
    Last Modified  03 Dec 2009 
    Family ID  F0029  Group Sheet
     
  • Photos
    Gerber, Ernst/Moser, Clara Family
    Gerber, Ernst/Moser, Clara Family
    Photograph of Ernst Gerber and family
     
    Histories Gerber, Gilbert Obituary
    Obituary of Gilbert Gerber
     
  • Notes 
    • Source: Donald H. Grob
      Kansas Historical Society
      Microfilm Roll NP3860
      Onaga Herald
      January 30, 1992
      Obituary-Gilbert J. Gerber
      Gilbert J. Gerber, 78, Sabetha, died Thursday, January 23, 1992, at his home.
      He was a farmer, stockman, and Grade A. dairyman in Bern and northwest of Oneida. He retired in 1973.
      He was born December 2, 1913, near Oneida, the son of Ernest and Clara Moser Gerber. He moved to Sabetha in 1973.
      Mr. Gerber was a member of the United Methodist Church in Oneida and later the United Methodist Church in Sabetha. He served as board member of the Oneida School District and Albany Historical Society. He was a member of Bern Rural Fire Department, Oneida Lodge No. 323 AF&AM, Arab Shrine Temple of Topeka and Iris Temple of Topeka and Iris Chapter No. 357 Order of the Eastern Star in Seneca.
      He was married to Virginia Hollister, February 17, 1938. She survives.
      Other survivors include two daughters, Ruth Kaster Ensley, Onaga, and Kathryn Kinghorn, Excelsior Springs, Mo.; a son, Leland Gerber, Gardner; three brothers, Ted Gerber, Lester, Iowa, Clarence Gerber, Seneca, and Paul Gerber, Grass Valley, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
      Services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the First United Methodist Church in Sabetha. Burial was in Albany Cemetery north of Sabetha. Oneida Lodge No. 323 AF&AM conducted Masonic graveside services.



      Birth: Info from Cletus H. Suther.
      Death: Obituary of his wife, in The Sabetha Herald, Sabetha, KS 9 SEP 1998

      Buried in Albany Cemetery, Albany, IA