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John W. "Jack" Gilbert | Obituaries


John W. “Jack” Gilbert, 73, of Potlatch, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at Miss Dorothy Adult Family Home, of age and vascular dementia.
If you knew my dad, you can appreciate two of his “Did you know that today in history .” for Dec. 17. So, in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight. That date is also the anniversary of Hollywood stuntman Stan Barrett became the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 1979. Dad knew many points of trivia about firearms, history, air power and military actions.
From Dad’s own personal history, he was born with twin brother James “Jim” L. Gilbert on Sept. 9, 1947, in Moscow, to William E. “Bill” and Josephine (Kayler). His parents owned the Gilbert Mortuary in Orofino. After Grandpa Bill died in 1963, the twins and Grandma Joie flew to the Midwest to bring a hearse back from Arkansas on a memorable road ....

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