William Rowland
Gilbert, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of
Windham, passed away suddenly on January 12.
Although not in the best of
health for sometime previous, he went to bed apparently as well as
usual, but when the family went in to call him in the morning they found
him cold in death, heart failure being the cause.
Mr. Gilbert was born in
Woodhouse in 18[38], and had spent most of his life in this vicinity,
moving on a farm near Nixon about 20 years ago, where he had resided
ever since.
He was a son of the late Isaac Henry Gilbert and grandson of
Rowland Gilbert, one of the pioneers of Norfolk.
He leaves to mourn his
loss five sons and three daughters: John and Charles of Hand Hills,
Alberta;
Robert, Jacob and Bruce, of Nixon;
Mrs. Wm. Whitehead and Mrs.
Roy Boughner of Nixon; and one brother, Ronald, of Chicago, Ill., his
wife having died about three months ago.
The funeral took place from the
family residence to Bethel Cemetery.
