Mertie Inez Gilbert, 88, Neosho, died Aug. 23, 2010 at St. John's Hospital in Joplin, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Gilbert was born Jan. 21, 1922 in Blue Tip, AR, the daughter of William Otto and Mary Elvina (Boswell) Chilton. Following the death of her parents, she was raised in an orphanage until her uncle, Roscoe ‘Doc' Boswell, took her into his home. She moved to the area in 1939 from Baxter Springs, KS and had worked as a seamstress at Big Smith and retired from the sewing department at La-Z-Boy Midwest. She was a member of Silver Moon Full Gospel Church. Inez and Alvin Arnold Gilbert were married on Dec. 30, 1941 at Neosho and he preceded her in death on March 3, 1960. She is survived by two children, Jerry Gilbert and wife, Kay, Zephyr Hills, FL and Barbara O'Brien and husband, Bart, Anderson, MO; three sisters, Coral Lee Gates, Kansas City, MO; Wanda Gilbert, Seneca and June Adams, Seneca; 4 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 9 great great grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents, she is preceded in death by a grandson, Jerry Gilbert, Jr.; a brother, Albert Boswell and two sisters, Myrtle Kissel and Roberta Miller. Services will be Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Clark Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, Rev. Fred Franks and Dr. Randy Davis officiating. Interment will be in the Neosho Memorial Park Cemetery and serving as pallbearers will be Jim Gilbert, Randy Gilbert, Ron Gilbert, Jack Gilbert, Bill Young and Dennis Gilbert. Friends may call at the Clark Funeral Home, Neosho on Thursday from 9 am until 7:30 pm and the family will receive friends from 6:30 until 7:30 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mertie Inez Gilbert, 88, Neosho, died Aug. 23, 2010 at St. John's Hospital in Joplin, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Gilbert was born Jan. 21, 1922 in Blue Tip, AR, the daughter of William Otto and Mary Elvina (Boswell) Chilton. Following the death of her parents, she was raised in an orphanage until her uncle, Roscoe ‘Doc' Boswell, took her into his home. She moved to the area in 1939 from Baxter Springs, KS and had worked as a seamstress at Big Smith and retired from the sewing department at La-Z-Boy Midwest. She was a member of Silver Moon Full Gospel Church. Inez and Alvin Arnold Gilbert were married on Dec. 30, 1941 at Neosho and he preceded her in death on March 3, 1960. She is survived by two children, Jerry Gilbert and wife, Kay, Zephyr Hills, FL and Barbara O'Brien and husband, Bart, Anderson, MO; three sisters, Coral Lee Gates, Kansas City, MO; Wanda Gilbert, Seneca and June Adams, Seneca; 4 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 9 great great grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents, she is preceded in death by a grandson, Jerry Gilbert, Jr.; a brother, Albert Boswell and two sisters, Myrtle Kissel and Roberta Miller. Services will be Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Clark Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, Rev. Fred Franks and Dr. Randy Davis officiating. Interment will be in the Neosho Memorial Park Cemetery and serving as pallbearers will be Jim Gilbert, Randy Gilbert, Ron Gilbert, Jack Gilbert, Bill Young and Dennis Gilbert. Friends may call at the Clark Funeral Home, Neosho on Thursday from 9 am until 7:30 pm and the family will receive friends from 6:30 until 7:30 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
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