John W. Gilbert, 95 died at 9:03 a.m. July 22, 2011 at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. He was born Sept. 5, 1915 in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio to Melvin Leo and Nellie Gail (Beagle) Gilbert. On April 28, 1940 he married Ruth V. Cunningham and she died Feb. 6, 2007.
He was a farmer in Hancock County until 1950. He had worked at Triplett Electrical Instrument Company, Bluffton where he was a plant manager. He also worked for Breece and Yeasel in Jackson Center, Ohio and in 1976 incorporated his own molding business known as Associated Plastics in Pandora.
A June 12, 2012, wedding in either Alaska or Hawaii is planned for Deborah Augsburger of Bluffton and David Dobradenka.
Deborah is a Bluffton High School and Bluffton University graduate. She also holds a master's degree from Bluffton University. She is a corporate account executive for Kumho Tire.
David, of Shelby Township, Michigan, holds a bachelor's degree form Cleary Univerrsity. He is an account/quality manager at Kumho Tire.
