Lasting Memories

John "Jack" Gilbert
July 17, 1929-Oct. 4, 2018
Sunriver, Oregon

Born July 17, 1929, John Gilbert of Sunriver, Oregon died Oct. 4, 2018 at age 89. John was born in Freeport, Illinois to Harry and Sybil Gilbert. He attended Shattuck/St. Mary’s School in Faribault, Minnesota and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.

After serving in the US Army from 1953 to 1955, John moved to Palo Alto, California where he met and later married the love of his life, Mary Louise Cuthbertson. They continued to live in Palo Alto where John worked for many years for Allstate Insurance before retiring to Sunriver in 1992. John and Mary truly enjoyed the central Oregon lifestyle - playing golf, walking and swimming their dogs and various volunteer work.

Survivors include his wife Mary, their two sons, Gregory B. Gilbert of Menlo Park and Mark H. Gilbert of Weimar, California; their daughter-in-law Kelly Gilbert of Weimar, California; and their granddaughter Delaney Jaenne Gilbert of Loomis, California.