St. Clair County Obits

ORVILLE OTIS GILBERT

Osceola Library Files
Orville Otis Gilbert was born at Caplinger Mills on September 18, 1901, and died September 19, 1964, at the age of 63 years.
He was the son of William C. and Elsie Gilbert, the oldest of seven children.
In 1927 he was united in marriage to Okla Lahoma Moyer. To this union were born three sons, Olan of Richland, Mo., Nolan of Kansas City, and Billy of Osceola.
He was a member of the First Baptist church of Richland.
Surviving are his wife, three sons, seven grandchildren, two brothers, Virgil and Cecil, of Sullivan, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Roof, Mrs. Vineta Turner, Mrs. Mildred Richards, all of Springfield.
He was reared on a farm in Cedar county, attended high school at Caplinger Mills, and graduated from Draughn’s Business College of Springfield. He was employed by the Frisco Railway as agent-telegrapher from 1918 until his retirement in 1957 as agent at Richland.
Funeral services were held September 22 at 2:30 at the First Baptist Church in Richland, with burial in Oakwood cemetery there.
Mr. Gilbert was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Alva Oakes and Mrs. Ula Moyer of El Dorado Springs, and Mrs. W.R. Gannaway of Caplinger Mills.