Gertrude Timberlake Obituary
We are sad to announce that on September 2, 2023 we had to say goodbye to Gertrude Timberlake in Highland, Indiana, born in Uniontown, Alabama. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Gertrude Timberlake to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, George Starks, Jr. and Narcissie Starks (Ward); her husband Mose Timberlake Sr.; her children, Joseph Timberlake, Sr. and Glory Daniels; her siblings, Howard Starks, Sr., Fred Starks, Sr., Sylvester Starks, Jesse Starks, Georgia Mae Chandler, Nettie Starks, Lewis Starks, Sr., Aurelia Hatcher, Hardus Starks and Catherine Burch; and her grandchildren, Stacy and Tambra Timberlake.
She is survived by: her children, Sylvia Page of Roanoke, IN and Mose Timberlake, Jr.; her grandchildren, Gregory Starks of Fort Wayne, IN, Madison Page of Fort Wayne, IN, Jordan Page of Fort Wayne, IN, JoShonda Bonner of Fort Wayne, IN, Joseph Timberlake, Jr. of Fort Wayne, IN, JoVonn Timberlake of Fort Wayne, IN, JoNita Johnson of Fort Wayne, IN, Ronda Timberlake of Fort Wayne, IN, Tizzie Timberlake of Colorado Springs, CO, Mary Daniels, Williams Daniels of Vincennes, IN and LeAnthony Daniels of Indianapolis, IN; her sisters, Bertha Carter of Uniontown, AL and Dorothy Dixie of Fort Wayne, IN; her aunt Callie Bates of Fort Wayne, IN; her uncles, Bishop Eugene "Manson" Starks of Birmingham, AL, McArthur Starks and Roosevelt Starks of Fort Wayne, IN; her cousin James "Ted" Starks; and her close friends, Alice Hall of Fort Wayne, IN, Lovelee Johnson of Fort Wayne, IN and Gladys Hagler of Fort Wayne, IN.
Born during Jim Crow, Gertie experienced the tragedies of lynchings and the murder of George Floyd, the devastation of smallpox and COVID-19, the Great Depression, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the triumphs of Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and the election of President, Barack Obama.
