The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-12
END Of LIES
F|IFUL FEVER
MRS. WILLIAM 3. GILBERT PASS
ED TO HER REh,aRD AFTER
MONTHS ILLNESS.
ALL HEARTS ARE SAD
Over the Loss of One of Cairo's
Noblest Women-Funeral Wednes-
day Morning at Church OF
The Redeemer.

| Many hearts in Cairo are dpepl}
saddened by the death Of Mrs WI,
liam b. Gilbert which occurred yester
!day at noon at Champaign where the
decedent was stricken month ago az
the home of her son, Pref. Barry Gil
bert.
Four weeks ago last Thursday Mrs.
IGilbert went to Champaign to visit
her son apparently. IN good health.
She was stricken by an attack of
acute Indigestion a day or two after
her arrival there and grew gradu-
ially worse. the heart becoming inyo,-
we'd and her hosts of friends in Cairo
hoped against hope that she might be
given longer lease on life. her use
fitness in all good works in this com
immunity being generally recognized aud
appreciated With her bereft family.
these friends today mourn the loss
of one Of Cairo's best women.
The remains wiz be brought to
Cairo arriving this evening via thu
Illinois Central at 6.3J o'clock and viii
be taken to the family residence.
'Greenway," at Washington avenue
and Twenty-eighth streets. The funer-
al viii he held Wednesday morning at
10 O'Clock at the Church of the Re
deemer, of which the decedent was q
faithful aud devout communicate for
many years. The body Will be taken |
to Alton, Ill.,, for interment, leaving
at l1:15 o'clock Wednesday morning
he final obsequies at Alton to be held /
Thursday morning at 8 o'clock
Mrs. Gilbert was born in Alton in |
September, 1915, and was a daughter
1f A. S. and Catherine Barry. She |
came to Cairo as a bride in 1866 and |
lad resided in Cairo ever since. be |
ng prominent In the social aud church |
ife OF this city. Her married life was
lne OF great happiness and the break
ng of the bonds caused by this death |
S a sad affliction to the husband t.
whom the decedent had been a mos |
oval and devoted wife for more than |
'Orty years. Three sons survive thg |
mother, Miles Stafford Gilbert OF tht |
irm of Gilbert & Gilbert. attorneys
.t-law, Cairo. William c. Gilbert. O.
'hicago, and Prof, Barry Gilbert, Of
he University of Illinois at Cham
'aign. Three brothers and a sister al
o survive the decedent They ar
William c. Barry and John Barry o
-os Angeles. Cal, Charles H. Barry
If Chicago, and Mrs Miles Fredk, CT
vert of Cairo.
Mrs Gilbert having received the al
'antages CT a thorough education III
Ter youth was a most capable woman
;he was a graduate of the Oriad Sem
nary at Worcester, Mass. One of hel
asst acts few weeks ago in the Wo
mans Club of Cairo, Of which she was
IN enthusiastic member was tn
cading of a paper on the subject OF
he charities Of Cairo with which sub
ect she was thoroughly familiar by
'eason of her long and active eXper J
ence in looking after the needy in this
.ity. Her work in the interests of tho
,hildrens Home of Cairo is too well
;nown to require mention. Her lif"
vas full Of good works.
She died In the faith in which sh'
lad lived and death had no terrors for
his good woman whose duty has been |
lone so faithfully and so well
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress
trees.
Who. hopeless. LAYS his dead away
Nor looks to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play:
Who hath not learned, In hours OF
faith
The Truth to flesh and sense un
known-
That Life is ever Lord of Death.
And Love can never lose its own.