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December 1, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, December 4, 2011 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, in Wayne.
A brief viewing will be held at 9:30 AM on Monday, December 5, 2011 at the funeral home followed by a memorial service at 11 AM on Monday, December 5, at the Preakness Baptist Church, 1441 Ratzer Road, in Wayne.
Robert Anthony Gilman, “Gil”, age 52, of Wayne died peacefully on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital with the comfort of family and friends by his side.
He was born in Paterson at St. Joseph’s and raised in Wayne. He played football and ran track at Wayne Valley High School and graduated with the Class of 1977. He enjoyed rebuilding cars, particularly Thunderbirds and his beloved 1963 Corvette.
He married Nancy Stellingwerf, on September 28, 1986. He always called her “his beautiful wife” and loved her very much. Rob and Nancy moved from Butler with their two kids, Kelsey and Derek, to the home in Wayne that he grew up in.
Rob most recently worked for Donnelly Industries in Wayne as many things including a service foreman and mechanic. Prior to that, Rob owned and operated his own mechanical contracting company for over twenty-five years. Every friend, family member, and neighbor relied on him for fixing anything and everything, and he was always happy to do it. Nancy’s father told her that he was very happy that he could rest assured that she was marrying a man that was more than capable of handling anything that came along with her home, her car, and most importantly her well-being. There wasn’t one thing he couldn’t do.
Rob is infamous in the best way possible amongst family and friends. He was an amazingly loyal person and never pretended to be someone he wasn’t. He was very fun loving – always the life of the party. Rob was a funny guy and always his own best audience. We loved to watch him laugh at his own jokes and sometimes laugh along with him. He loved his music, his home and yard, his late German Shepherd “Augie Dog”, and most of all his family. He beamed with pride every time he spoke about his children.
Gil was the loving husband of 25 years to Nancy (Stellingwerf) Gilman; devoted father of Kelsey and Derek Gilman; cherished son of Robert and Gilda (Blois) Gilman; much loved brother of Patricia Glen and her husband Peter, Kevin Gilman and his wife Mary, Cynthia Bizzozzaro and her husband Michael, and Keith Gilman and his wife Colleen. He was loved by many cousins, nieces and nephews, and friends.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Ave, 5th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851 (www.themmrf.org) or The Jimmy V Foundation, 106, Towerview Court, Cary, NC 27513 (www.jimmyv.org) would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, December 4, 2011 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, in Wayne.
A brief viewing will be held at 9:30 AM on Monday, December 5, 2011 at the funeral home followed by a memorial service at 11 AM on Monday, December 5, at the Preakness Baptist Church, 1441 Ratzer Road, in Wayne.
December 1, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, December 4, 2011 from 2-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, in Wayne.
A brief viewing will be held at 9:30 AM on Monday, December 5, 2011 at the funeral home followed by a memorial service at 11 AM on Monday, December 5, at the Preakness Baptist Church, 1441 Ratzer Road, in Wayne.
Robert Anthony Gilman, “Gil”, age 52, of Wayne died peacefully on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital with the comfort of family and friends by his side.
He was born in Paterson at St. Joseph’s and raised in Wayne. He played football and ran track at Wayne Valley High School and graduated with the Class of 1977. He enjoyed rebuilding cars, particularly Thunderbirds and his beloved 1963 Corvette.
He married Nancy Stellingwerf, on September 28, 1986. He always called her “his beautiful wife” and loved her very much. Rob and Nancy moved from Butler with their two kids, Kelsey and Derek, to the home in Wayne that he grew up in.
Rob most recently worked for Donnelly Industries in Wayne as many things including a service foreman and mechanic. Prior to that, Rob owned and operated his own mechanical contracting company for over twenty-five years. Every friend, family member, and neighbor relied on him for fixing anything and everything, and he was always happy to do it. Nancy’s father told her that he was very happy that he could rest assured that she was marrying a man that was more than capable of handling anything that came along with her home, her car, and most importantly her well-being. There wasn’t one thing he couldn’t do.
Rob is infamous in the best way possible amongst family and friends. He was an amazingly loyal person and never pretended to be someone he wasn’t. He was very fun loving – always the life of the party. Rob was a funny guy and always his own best audience. We loved to watch him laugh at his own jokes and sometimes laugh along with him. He loved his music, his home and yard, his late German Shepherd “Augie Dog”, and most of all his family. He beamed with pride every time he spoke about his children.
Gil was the loving husband of 25 years to Nancy (Stellingwerf) Gilman; devoted father of Kelsey and Derek Gilman; cherished son of Robert and Gilda (Blois) Gilman; much loved brother of Patricia Glen and her husband Peter, Kevin Gilman and his wife Mary, Cynthia Bizzozzaro and her husband Michael, and Keith Gilman and his wife Colleen. He was loved by many cousins, nieces and nephews, and friends.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Ave, 5th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851 (www.themmrf.org) or The Jimmy V Foundation, 106, Towerview Court, Cary, NC 27513 (www.jimmyv.org) would be greatly appreciated.
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