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* Obituary Vero Beach Press Journal (FL) - Tuesday, December 18, 2001
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Mr Robert Allen Gilbert, 84

OBITUARIES

Vero Beach Press Journal (FL) - Tuesday, December 18, 2001
Robert Allen Gilbert, 84, of Vero Beach, died December 14, 2001 after a short illness.

He was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 27, 1917. He graduated from Trinity College in 1938 and also attended Temple University Graduate School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was very active in Alumni work at Trinity College where he was awarded the 150th Anniversary award for distinguished service.

Mr. Gilbert graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1946 and was made Commanding Officer of a Coast Guard Cutter. The last year of the war he spent in Alaska servicing radar and loran installations throughout the territory. Mr. Gilbert was a management consultant for a number of years in New York City for McKinsey and Company. He then went with The New York Stock Exchange in charge of systems and methods where he retired in 1978.

He married Jean Macan Selby in 1941 and they lived in Princeton, NJ. She died in 1981. Mr. Gilbert married Mary Elam Roorbach in 1983. They lived in Vero Beach for 18 years. He was a member of The Marine Commission of Vero Beach, the Center for The Arts, and The Nassau Club of Princeton. He was also a member of The Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, NJ and the Community Church of Vero Beach.

He is survived by his wife, Mary R. Gilbert; four children, Barbara Berkman of Trenton, NJ, Katherine Hinckley of Milford, CT, Mary Frank of Elverta, CA, and John Roorbach of Roseburg, OR; and four granddaughters, Sarah Berkman of Denver, CO, Lisa Frank of Sacramento, CA and Caroline and Wendy Hinckley of Milford, CT.

A son, George Selby Gilbert, died in 1972.

A Memorial Service will be held 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 19th, at the Community Church of Vero Beach.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to The Center for The Arts, 3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, 32963. Interment will be at a later date in Lawrenceville, NJ.

Information provided by Lowther Cremation Service, Vero Beach.


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Robert Jean Macan Selby 27 Dec 1941Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. Jean (daughter of George Wynning Selby and Mary Macan) 06 Jan 1918 Ridley Park, PA; 20 Mat 1981Trenton, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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