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Submitted: 5/6/22 • Approved: 5/19/22 • Last Updated: 2/17/23 • R364558-G0-S3
May 7, 1930 - September 30, 2012
LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held Friday, October 5, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for Alvin Gilbert, 82, who died September 30, 2012 at Amelia Manor Nursing Home.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ruth; four sisters, Venelia Wilson of Erath, LA, Lula Decuire of Delcambre, LA, Helen Jolivette and Mary Ozene, both of Lafayette, LA; three brothers, Maurice Gilbert of Lafayette, LA, Olien Gilbert (Theresa) of New Iberia, LA and Nolan Gilbert (Viola) of Delcambre, LA; five step-daughters, Linda Dudley of Lafayette, LA, Leola Trahan of Beaumont, TX, Leona Cook (Ronald) of Beaumont, TX, Sandra Trahan of Fresno, TX and Jennifer Helaire (Blair) of Houston, TX; three step-sons, John Melanson of Beaumont, TX, Richard Trahan of Carencro, LA and Roland Frank of Lafayette, LA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ulysse Gilbert and Nolia Davis Gilbert; sister, Olivia Decuire; brothers, Eldia, Roland and Dallas Gilbert and step-son, Joseph C. Trahan, Jr.
Visitation will be held Friday, October 5, 2012 at Syrie Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. until time of service.
A rosary will be recited on Friday at 11:00 a.m.
Contributed on 5/6/22 by debbraszymanski
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