Karla's Mom passed away right before Thanksgiving. She had been battling cancer for 3 years.
Born to Mildred and Arthur Gilbert on October 31, 1940, Barb was one of 8 siblings and 12 children raised in the Gilbert home. She married her husband of 42 years on November 10, 1966, after Alvin serenaded his way into her heart and danced her off her feet. They raised four children together, creating lasting memories through family vacations and holidays at the Gilbert grandparents, and Barb reveled in her 12 beloved grandchildren.
Devoted to family and God, Barb demonstrated her loving, joyful spirit by inviting extended family and friends into her welcoming life and home. There was always an abundance of homemade cooking on the table. She further blessed and served through her seamstress skills and in decorating family wedding cakes. She filled her empty nest days traveling with Alvin, playing Scrabble and Cribbage, cheering at grandchildren’s sporting evens, and joining bible studies and "dinner for 8" activities with her church.
She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Joyce. Left to cherish her memory are husband Alvin, sons John, Brian (Jodi) and Jeff (Mindy) and daughter Karla Nemec (Russ); grandchildren Johnny, Lindsey, Alexis, Connor, Blake, Dusty, Nicholas, Katie, Carter, Brett, Cameron, and Claire; siblings Duane (Margaret), Virginia McCaulley, Sharon Phipps (Dick), Larry (Julie), Roger (Jerry), Steve (Rose), Linda Gilbert (Mike), Janet (Dan), and David (Sheryl). Memorial contributions may be sent to Oakwood United Methodist Church.
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