Martha Fisher Gilbert

Martha Gilbert (May 31, 1911 - April 30, 2008)
Martha May (Fisher) Gilbert, 96, of Sabetha died April 30, 2008 at the Apostolic Christian Home, where she had been a resident since May of 2007.
She was born on a farm south of Fairview on May 31, 1911 the daughter of Joseph T. Fisher and Hanna Wheeler Fisher. She moved to Sabetha with her family in 1915. She attended Sabetha schools and graduated Valedictorian of her class in May of 1929.
On November 23, 1960 she married John W. Gilbert at the First United Methodist Church in Sabetha; they were married 18 years before John died on November 26, 1978. She was a loving wife and step-mother to John’s four children, Mary Frances, Rosalie Mae, Linda Sue and John David.
Martha was employed 29 years at the Farmers State Bank when she married John and left their employment to become a homemaker and to continue raising John’s two children Linda Sue and John David. She later worked at the Sabetha Community Hospital until she retired in 1980.
Martha was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Sapphire Chapter #348 of the Order of Eastern Star. She served the Sapphire Chapter #348 as Worthy Matron in 1956 and was awarded her fifty year pin in November of 1999.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Julian T. “Jack Fisher; his wife, Ruth and her two sisters, Mildred Fisher and Pauline Fisher.
Surviving include her daughters, Mary Frances Hundley of Sabetha, Rosalie Mae Geneske of Fort Collins, Colorado, Linda Sue Gudenkauf of Topeka; her son, John David Gilbert of Las Vegas, Nevada and 13 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. at the Popkess Mortuary Chapel in Sabetha. Family visitation will be Friday evening 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. at the Popkess Mortuary Chapel. The interment will be in the Sabetha Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mary Cotton Public Library or a charity of the donor’s choice sent in care of the funeral home.

Norma Gilbert Jurgensmeier

Norma Jurgensmeier
FAIRVIEW- Norma Jurgensmeier, 77, of rural Fairview, died April 19, 2008, at a Sabetha Care Home. Survivors include her husband Raymond; four sons Bernard Jurgensmeier and wife Mary of Marion, IL, Gregory Jurgensmeier of Fairview, Kevin Jurgensmeier of Sabetha, Randal Jurgensmeier, also of Fairview; three daughters Pamela Koch and Patricia Bailey, both of Sabetha, Diane Low and husband J.R. of Nortonville; three sisters Lillian Young of Seneca, Grace Houchens of Topeka, Alice Woodson of Eaton IN; ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Augustine Catholic Church at Fidelity, 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 23. A parish rosary will be recited at St. Augustine Church at 7 p.m. Tuesday, followed by family visitation. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Norma Jurgensmeier Memorial Fund which may be sent in care of the funeral home, 124 S 7th St., Hiawatha 66434. Published in the Topeka Capital-Journal on 4/21/2008.

Leonard D. Gilbert
Deaths
01/21/2008
Updated 01/22/2008 04:18:31 PM CST

Leonard D. Gilbert, 82, of Wathena, Kan., formerly of Brown County, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, shortly after arrival at Heartland East Hospital in St. Joseph.He was born Jan. 29, 1925, in Oneida, Kan., one of seven children of John and Dora Halstead Gilbert. He grew up in the Oneida-Bern area in Kansas and attended schools there prior to graduating at Bern High School with the class of 1943.He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was discharged in 1947, at the rank of Tech 5. He served with the military police in Germany and France during the Nuremberg trials.He returned to northeast Kansas and worked as an automobile mechanic for 25 years for Chrysler-Plymouth dealerships in the area. He later drove a truck for Dallas Corbet of Robinson and Pasco Steel Company of Wathena, Kan. He retired from trucking after his first heart attack and served as a rural mail carrier in Wathena and later Climax Springs. He also did upholstery work.Gilbert was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the American Legion Post No. 217 of Warsaw. He served on the city council at Climax Springs for a couple of terms.He married Pauline Trompeter Nov. 19, 1947. She died in 1997.Survivors include two sons, Daniel Gilbert of Satanta, Kan., and Jerry Gilbert of Hiawatha, Kan.; two daughters, Annette Balogh of St. Joseph and Colleen Koerperich of Hiawatha, Kan.; a brother, Fred Gilbert of Everest, Kan.; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.He was also preceded in death by his parents; a son, Jack Gilbert in 20O5; four brothers and a sister.Services are at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha, Kan., with Pastor Rich Lehmkuhl officiating. Flag folding will be a courtesy of 2nd BN, 130th FA, Kansas National Guard of Hiawatha. Burial will follow at Powhattan Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, where the family will meet from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Leonard Gilbert Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home, 124 S 7th St., Hiawatha KS 66434. A special message may be sent to the family at www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com. Obituary from the Bolivar Herald-Free Press, January 21, 2008, Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri

Elizabeth Gilbert and Chauncey D. Robb

Elizabeth Gilbert the daughter of Ezekiel and Jane (McGuire) Gilbert was born 1 January 1861 in Brown County Kansas. She was married 19 August 1883 at Comet, Brown Co., KS to Chauncey Dill Robb born 16 Aug 1837 in Westmoreland Co. PA the son of George W. Robb and Christiana Palmer. Elizabeth died 18 Dec 1914 and Chauncey died 31 October 1922 both at Centralia Kansas and are buried in the Comet cemetery south of Fairview Kansas. They were the parents of 8 children: a son born Feb 1894 died very young; a dau who also died very young; Kitty Murphy; Christian Wilson born 1886; Ella Jasper born 1887; Grace Edna 1892-1915 married Louis Weyer; Blanche Ritenbacher born 1895; and Letha Nancy 1898-1986 married Ed Anderson. Chauncey had been married prior to Elizabeth to Sarah Elizabeth Pry, they had adopted a son Claude Robb. Sarah had died in 1880 in Brown county and was buried at Severance, Kansas

The photo is of Chauncey D. and Elizabeth Robb

William A. Gilbert and Mary Anderson Gilbert

William Anderson Gilbert the son of Ezekiel and Jane (McGuire) Gilbert was born 25 December 1850 in Owsley County Kentucky and came to Brown County Kansas with his parent around 1859. He was married on 27 March 1884 in Brown County Kansas to Mary Jane Anderson born 15 July 1864 near Robinson Kansas the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Ole Anderson and Kjersti Bronson Anderson. William died 16 May 1929 and Mary died 17 Feb 1948 at their farm home south of Fairview, Kansas. Both are buried in the Powhattan cemetery, Powhattan, KS. They were the parents of 7 children: Julia Ann 1885-1950 married Merlin Jacobia; Oliver 1887-1954 married Lula Jacobia; Ralph 1889-1962 married Atha Smith; John 1891-1955 married Dora Estley Halstede; Raymond 1897-1977 married May Ball; William 1899-1966 married Rowena Meade; and Alice 1902-1991 married William Owen.

Photo is of William and Mary Gilbert

Photos, Etc.

I am in the process of updating the book The Gilbert Family in Kansas, published in 1982. If you have photos, stories, births, deaths, marriages, divorces, etc. for the new book please get them to me at the below address. I am hoping to have the book finished in time for the 2009 Family Reunion. So the holiday season is coming up, a good time when all the family is together to take a few photos.
I am also searching for a photo of Hiram Gilbert 1862-1928. Also, if you have old family photos I'd be interested in knowing what you have as I may want to add them to my collection of family photos.
I am also collecting email addresses to send out verifications on information I have for the book, so if you have family members that have an email address I may not have please let me know, I'd rather have duplicate information than no information at all.
For more information or to contact me: Larry Gilbert my email is ks_nature_boy@hotmail.com and my mailing address is 4367 Troup Ave., Kansas City, KS 66102 (as of August 2010)
Your help is always appreciated.

History of the Gilbert Family in Kansas

Ezekiel and Elizabeth Jane (McGuire) Gilbert packed up their young family to leave their native Kentucky for the wilds of the Kansas Territory. The time period is from 1857-1859, no proof exists as to when they left nor how long it took them to travel to Kansas. What is known is that they purchased land in what became Brown County on 8 April 1859.

Ezekiel was born approx. 1819 in Madison County Kentucky the son of Aquilla and Jane (Stewart) Gilbert. He was married 11 September 1848 in Owsley County Kentucky to Elizabeth Jane McGuire who was born 1 January 1827 in Madison County Kentucky the daughter of James Adger and Nancy (Anglin) McGuire.

They were the parents of 8 children, two of which no record can be found so are assumed to have died very young. Those children who lived to adulthood were James Gilbert 28 December 1849-15 March 1915 married Martha Agnes Kugler; William Anderson Gilbert 25 December 1850-16 May 1929 married Mary Jane Anderson; Nancy Ann Gilbert April 1855-circa 1904 married William Brownlee; Margaret Gilbert ?-17 Feb 1911 1st married Henry Fortney, 2nd married Ezra Cleveland; Elizabeth Gilbert 1 January 1861-18 December 1914 married Chauncey D. Robb; Hiram Gilbert 9 October 1862-7 July 1928.

It is unknown when Ezekiel died but is was sometime between 1862-1865 and according to family tradition he was buried at the corner of the log cabin so his widow, Jane, could keep an eye on him. Jane died 30 Mar 1907 and was buried in the Comet cemetery.

The photo is that of Elizabeth Jane Gilbert, date of the photo is unknown