Gilbert, Donna (Horras) (1940-2006)

GILBERT, HORRAS, HICKENBOTTOM, KELLY, SHEETS

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 1/13/2007 at 21:18:12

Fairfield Ledger
Monday, April 24, 2006, p. 10.

Donna GILBERT, 66, of Richland, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at Windmill Manor in Coralville.

Arrangements are pending at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.
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Fairfield Ledger
Tues., April 25, 2006, p. 8.

Donna Gilbert, 66, of Richland, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at Windmill Manor Nursing Home in Coralville.

A service will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield, with lay minister Linda Hendricks officiating. The body will be cremated following the service.

Family visitation will be from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A family memorial has been established.

Mrs. Gilbert was born April 1, 1940, in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Edna Sieren HORRAS. She married Jim GILBERT, and they later divorced.

Mrs. GILBERT grew up seven miles north of Fairfield and graduated from Fairfield High School in 1959. She lived in Kilbourne in Van Buren County before moving to Richland where she lived most of her adult life. She was a seamstress for Teddy Bear Gift House, and she worked many years as a cook and baker for Prairie Home Restaurant and L&J Café in Richland and for Casey’s West in Fairfield.

Survivors include two daughters, Liz and husband Bob HICKENBOTTOM of Libertyville and Deb GILBERT of Richland; one son, Rob GILBERT of Cedar Rapids; six brothers and one sister, Betty KELLY of Salem, Ore., Vernon HORRAS of Centerville, Dennis HORRAS of Fairfield, Earl HORRAS of Richland, Jerry HORRAS of Fairfield, Charles HORRAS of Ames, and Donald HORRAS of Coconut Creek, Fla.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one infant son, Jamie; three brothers, Wayne HORRAS, Herbert “Dutch” HORRAS and Walter “Jr.” HORRAS; and one sister, Marge SHEETS.
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