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Timothy's obituary in The Manassa Free Press.

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Death Comes to the Relief of Mr. Timothy Gilbert

Had Lived and Ideal Life And Goes to a Sure Reward.

DIED TUESDAY NIGHT

Leaves Many Friends And Relatives to Mourn His Departure

Mr. Timothy Gilbert passed into eternity after a long sickness of six months.  At ten minutes after eight P. M. on the twelfth of May he found relief in death.  He was born Aug. 27th 1834, in Great Cheveral, Wiltshire, England.  At the age of eighteen in joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and emigrated to this country the next year.  He landed in New York on New Years Day 1856.  He remained there three years and then went to Salt Lake city where he lived for 33 years.  He then came to this valley and has resided here ever since.  Had he lived until the 27th day of next August he would have been 80 years of age.

Four children and many relatives preceded him to the other side.  Brother Gilbert was a faithful man in the Lord, always proving faithful to his calling.  He was Sunday School Superintendent for many years while in Utah and was also a faithful Sunday School worker here for a year.  He was then set apart to preside of the Mountain View Branch and did so faithfully until the branch joined to Manassa Ward.  He always bore a strong testimony to the truthfulness of God's work in these latter days and spent many days explaining the Gospel to strangers.

Three years ago he was miraculously healed thru the mercy and power of the Almighty from a severe illness of 28 years' standing.  In 1881 he went back to his native country on a mission and preached the Gospel to his kindred but failed to convert any of them.  However, many others believed his message and joined the church.  Besides his wife he leaves three children; Annie J. Christensen, Mary G. Jackson, and John T. Gilbert, who is now on a mission.  It will be quite a severe shock for him to hear of his father's death but we trust he will remember and emulate his father's example.  He certainly lived an exemplary life before his family and before all men, no one ever heard profanity from his lips.  The family have lost and ideal father and the community a most worthy and highly respected man.  The funeral was held at 10 o'clock Thursday, Bishop Jensen, Jesse L. Mortensen and E. S. Christensen being the speakers.  They all paid glowing tribute s to his splendid Christian character, but no eloquence could add anything to the well rounded life he ahs completed.  He was laid away in the Manassa cemetery to await the resurrection of the just.  Hw memory will long remain among this people and the world will always be a little better because he has lived.