Nancyann Gilbert (Smith)
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Nancyann Gilbert (Smith) RN: Beloved wife of John W. Gilbert, formerly of the Dunkirk/Fredonia area, died at the age of 74 years on June 17, 2009, after a long and courageous battle with leukemia.
Nancyann was born in Germantown, PA and was a resident of North Scituate, MA for more than 47 years.
She graduated as a RN from Bryn Mawr School of Nursing in 1955, and went on to become a surgical O.R. nurse. She later received a M.S. in Psychology from Emmanuel College in 1978. She went on to be a Case Manager Nurse at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, where she retired after 13 years. She loved Scituate and was very involved in the community. She was a soprano singer in the St. Francis Cabrini Choir for many years, but her favorite "job" was Girl Scout
Leader for several years.
Her adventuresome and invincible spirit ran tandem with her activities of choice scuba diving, snowshoeing, traveling and reading.
Devoted mother of her six children John William and his wife Robin Gilbert of Hull, MA, Anne Marie and her husband Tong Zheng, Bryon Paul and his wife Karen Gilbert of Flemington, NJ, Peter James Gilbert of Carlsbad, CA, Priscilla Jean and her husband Patrick Lang of Sherwood, Oregon, Catherine Elizabeth and her Husband Charlie Raynes of Rye, NH; and her seven grandchildren; Evan Gilbert, Bradley Gilbert, Nolan Gilbert, Ellis Gilbert, Skylar Raynes, Elizabeth Gilbert Zheng and Kyra Lang. Sister of the late Byron Smith of Vestal, NY.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in Cohasset, Mass. Interment Groveland Cemetery, Scituate, MA. Donations may be made in memory of Nancyann Gilbert to Dr. Amrein's Fund for Leukemia Research of MGH, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge St., Boston, MA, 02114. Arrangements by
McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Homes Brighton - Cohasset - Norwell, 781-383-0200.
