GILBERT, Samuel Thomas 'Sam' 1876 - 1940

GILBERT, EYESTONE, FLINSPACH, WHITMER, GIBSON, COLE, COOP

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 10/15/2023 at 18:34:24

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Monday, July 22, 1940
Page SIX, Column 5

SAM GILBERT DIED SATURDAY

Services for well known farmer to be Tuesday, 2 p.m.

Samuel Thomas GILBERT, 64, well-known Jefferson county farmer, passed away at the Jefferson County Hospital at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He had been in failing health for the past two years, and seriously ill for three weeks prior to his death.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Hoskins Funeral Home, in charge of Rev. Melvin Pearce of Urbana, Ill. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Mr. GILBERT was born April 14, 1876, in Jefferson county. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth EYESTONE; one brother, William D. GILBERT; and two sisters, Mrs. Fred FLINSPACH and Mrs. Ed FLINSPACH.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, July 24, 1940
Page FIVE, Columns 1 and 2

LOCALS

... --Mr. and Mrs. George Messer of near Libertyville attended the funeral services for the late Sam GILBERT held yesterday afternoon at the Hoskins Funeral Home.

--Mrs. Glenn WHITMER of Oak Park, Ill. was called here by the sudden death of her uncle, Sam GILBERT, north of the city. Mrs. WHITMER is a daughter of Mrs. Fred FLINSPACH, Mr. GILBERT's sister.

--Mr. and Mrs. J. E. GIBSON and their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. COLE of Davenport were in Fairfield attending the funeral services of the late Sam GILBERT, Mr. GIBSON's brother-in-law. ...

...--The following relatives and friends attended the funeral services for the alte (sic) Sam GILBERT, who passed away at the Jefferson county hospital on Saturday morning. Miss Esther GILBERT of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Harry Reis of Garrison, Ia., E. S. Hall and son Lawrence of Lone Tree, Alden Chatfield, Donnellson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chatfield of Farmington, Mrs. Anna Crawford, Mrs Ray Webber and family of Stockport, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lawson of near Batavia and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence GILBERT of Burlington.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, July 25, 1940
Page TWO, Column 8

CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express to our kind neighbors and thoughtful friends our heartfelt thanks for their many expressions of sympathy. The beautiful floral offerings were especially appreciated.

Mrs. Sam GILBERT and family.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Friday, July 26, 1940
Page THREE, Column 6

OBITUARY

SAMUEL T. GILBERT

Sam GILBERT, as he liked best to be called by his friends, was born April 14, 1876, the fourth of six children of Thos. J. and Christiana COOP GILBERT, themselves members of early Jefferson county families. The home that then greeted him was on the farm in Penn township which in later years was to be his. The ideals of that early home combined with his making the most of the cultural opportunities of the time, prepared him for his individual attainments and gave weight to his influence on community life.

The school and church were then the principal community agencies of culture. He did not connect himself with the latter but he always recognized its claims upon him as a member of the community and its teachings as needed for an ideal life. Its appeals he never met with an empty hand. Its guide book, the Bible, came to have a personal value to him.

Later when farm organization assumed its importance, he saw its value for he was a farmer unashamed whose kind do not make a peasantry. His first successes were in union with his older brothers, John L. and W. D., and later as an independent owner.

On Dec. 6, 1911, he married Miss Daisy GIBSON, who became a worthy partner in his ambitions and ideals. Mrs. GILBERT and one daughter, Mrs. Glen EYESTONE of Fairfield survive him. Another daughter, Virginia, died in 1926 in her fifth year.

Also surviving are one brother, W. D. and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie FLINSPACH and Mrs. E. C. FLINSPACH all of Fairfield.

Two years and more of failing health ended in his death at the Jefferson County Hospital, July 20, 1940. A wide circle of friends extends its sympathy to those who most feel their loss for to this circle also he was found faithful. Those gathering for the last service at the Hoskins Funeral home in Fairfield taxed its capacity. Rev. Melvin A. Pearce, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, Ill., and a former pastor of Antioch church near his home conducted it. It was suitable in all its parts. Ellery Kyle, his sister, Winona as accompanist sang "There'll Be No Dark Valley" and "Have Thine Own Way, Lord." His body was born to Evergreen Cemetery by Jay and Russell Simmons, Raymond and Harold COOP, Bert Avery and Ed White. Mr. Pearce led the gathered friends in a very fitting committal service.

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Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.126. Wife Daisy died in 1956 and was buried with him.