Doris Gilbert
May 15, 1928 — November 20, 2017
Funeral services for Doris J. Gilbert will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Bridge Community Church, 2016 Bridge Ave, Albert Lea. Pastor Mark Miller will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Friday, November 24 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, 2210 East Main, Albert Lea and again one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea.
Doris Jeanne (Barnes) Gilbert, age 89, died on Monday, November 20, 2017 at Mayo Hospital in Mankato, Minnesota. Doris was born on May 15, 1928 to parents Arthur J. and Florence J. (Brownlee) Barnes in Faribault, Minnesota.
She moved to Albert Lea in 1934 and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1946. On July 1, 1951 Doris married Jack Raymond Gilbert in Mankato, Minnesota.
Doris was employed as a Telephone Operator and Supervisor at Northwestern Bell in Albert Lea for over eight years before becoming a full time homemaker. She was a devoted wife and mother, caring for Jack in their home for 20 years after he was disabled by Multiple Sclerosis. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy. She was involved with the Y’s Menettes, Murtaugh Extension club, neighborhood birthday luncheon group, monthly luncheons with classmates and enjoyed making ceramics and porcelain dolls.
She was one of the oldest members (since 1939) of Bridge Community Church (formerly Calvary Baptist) where she taught a “Special” adult Sunday school class and served on the social committee for many years.
Survivors include Doris’s son, Scott Gilbert and his wife Becky of Leicester, NC; son, Jon Gilbert and his wife Carol of Center Point, IA; daughter, Kathy Opdahl and her husband Richard of Alden, MN; grandson, Blane Gilbert and his wife Jackie; granddaughter, Kari Schwab and her husband Eric; granddaughter, Brianna Opdahl; great-granddaughter Hannah Schwab; as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, her husband Jack Gilbert in 1994, her brother Arthur Barnes Jr. and his wife Elois and their son Keith Barnes.
Memorials preferred to Bridge Community Church, Youth for Christ, or Mission of your choice.