4. | Gilbert J. Gerber was born on 2 Dec 1913 in Oneida, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA (son of Ernst Gerber and Clara Moser); died on 23 Jan 1992; was buried in Jan 1992 in Albany, Nemaha, Kansas. Other Events:
- Occupation: Oneida, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA; Farmer
- Religion: Oneida And Sabetha; United Methodist Church
- Retirement: 1973; Moved to Sabetha, KS
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
Gilbert married Virginia Marie Hollister on 17 Feb 1936 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA. Virginia (daughter of Leland Larenso Hollister and Gertrude Johanna Sammons) was born on 21 Mar 1915; died on 2 Sep 1998 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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