Roosevelt - Our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Geneva Frost Gilbert, age 96, passed away peacefully in her home April 29, 2000.
She was born April 14, 1904 in Benson, Cache Co., Utah, to Anders Peter Frost and Rebecca Jorgensen Frost.Geneva married John Alma Gilbert in the Salt Lake LDS Temple June 29, 1927. John passed away December 9, 1975 in Provo, Utah. After they were married, they moved to Arcadia, Utah, in the Uintah Basin where they homesteaded. Geneva's practical nurse's training served this small rural community well as she assisted in the delivery of babies, prepared the dead for burial, and helped in many other ways.
The family eventually moved to Tooele where they owned and operated a hardware store. From there they moved to Roosevelt and established and operated the Gamble Store. Another move was made to Provo, Utah, where they lived for 30 years. Geneva returned to Roosevelt in 1998. She was a devoted member of the LDS Church and held many leadership positions. She served for 15 years in the Provo Temple and served a mission with her husband in the Kentucky/Tennessee Mission. Throughout her life Geneva loved helping people in any way she could, always putting others first. As she takes this next step in her eternal progression, she will see many of those lives she has touched. She is admired, respected, and loved greatly by her posterity.
Geneva was preceded in death by her husband, one grandchild, and three great-grandchildren.
She is survived by eight children: Byron (Emma Rae) Gilbert; Renae (Lyn) Miller; Maurine (Arvin) Bellon; Shauna Gilbert; Sherrie (Charles) Burdick; Jack Frost (Sally) Gilbert; Jean (Richard) Carlson; and Tenna Ruth (Kitt) Herman; 55 grandchildren; 110 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Wed., May 3, 2000 at 11:30 a.m. in the Roosevelt West Stake Center, 150 Skyline Drive (Lagoon St. and 800 West). Friends may call at the Hullinger- Olpin Mortuary in Roosevelt Tues. from 6-8 p.m. and at the stake center Wed. from 10-11:15 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will take place in the Roosevelt Memorial Park.