Frieda Lucille Gilbert

April 24, 1925 - July 18, 2021 (96 years old)

Howard City, Michigan

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Frieda Lucille Gilbert

April 24, 1925 - July 18, 2021 (96 years old)

Howard City, Michigan

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Frieda Lucille Gilbert Obituary

Name: Visitation
Start: 2021-07-22T14:00:00
End: 2021-07-22T15:00:00
Location: Fields-McKinley Funeral and Cremation Services Grant Chapel

We are sad to announce that on July 18, 2021 we had to say goodbye to Frieda Lucille Gilbert in Howard City, Michigan. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Frieda Lucille Gilbert or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Lyle Holmes and Sylvia Holmes (Norwood); her former husband Robert VanderMeulen; her husband Frank Gilbert; and her brothers, Leonard Holmes and Max Holmes.

She is survived by: her children, Cheri Shears (Monte) of Fremont, Gary VanderMeulen (Cathy) and John VanderMeulen (Barb). She is also survived by 8 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

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“I'm so sad I can't attend the funeral. Thank you so much to her kids for letting me know when she was in the hospital. I am so glad I got to see her one last time before she passed. She was beautiful inside and out. Even though I'm not considered one of her 8 grandkids in the obituary, I'll always consider her my Grandma.”

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Fields-McKinley Funeral and Cremation Services Grant Chapel
45 E Main St, Grant, MI 49327

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July 22

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Fields-McKinley Funeral and Cremation Services Grant Chapel
45 E Main St, Grant, MI 49327

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July 22

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North Ensley Cemetery
Howard City, MI 49329

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