Olive Jean Gilbert's Obituary
Olive Gilbert passed away February 28, 2024, at the age of 94. She was born March 20, 1929, in Bismarck, North Dakota to Raymond and Jean (Tennent) Couture. At a very young age Olive and her father moved out west to Oregon where they settled in Columbia City, Oregon, Olive attended school in St. Helens while her father worked.
Olive was married to Robert R. Timmons, and they had three children together. On March 23, 1967, Olive married Richard Gilbert in Kelso, Washington, they were married for 44 years before his death in 2012. During their time together they were members of the Moose Lodge, Elks Lodge and the Energizer Club of Boise Cascade Retired Employees. They also did a lot of traveling, driving across the United States and Canada visiting friends and relatives, spending time in Spain, and keeping a cabin in LaPine for 30 years.
Olive worked a few different places in life, she started at Crown Zellerbach Papermill, then as an administrator at St. Helens, Hospital and then finally before retirement she tried her hand in Real Estate. In her free time, she enjoyed gardening, and metal detecting, she loved watching and feeding the birds, she and Richard also enjoyed their woodworking projects.
Olive was survived by her two sons; Carl and Clinton Timmons, a brother Jerry Couture, sister Tommy Coleman, 5 grandchildren; Dean Timmons, Jeff Timmons, Karen Harrison, Cecilia Timmons-Garcia, and Cristina Timmons-Garcia as well as 7 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Richard Gilbert, daughter Roberta Timmons, sister Dorothy Couture, and brother Gordon Couture.
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