George Dewey Gilbert

1935 - 2014

George Dewey Gilbert, 78, formerly of South Glastonbury, was called to Heaven to join his beloved, late wife, Eleanor (Fields) Gilbert of 57 years. He died peacefully with his daughters at his bedside at Middlesex Hospice on June 5, 2014. George was born in Hartford on July 2, 1935 to George D. Gilbert Sr. and Constance (Flynn) Gilbert. He graduated from Bulkeley High School and attended Hartford University. He had an entrepreneurial spirit and was President of Resource Logic. George was an avid investor and historian. He loved going to his grandchildren's sports games along with being a passionate, devoted family man. He leaves his loving daughters, Kimberly Gagnon and Karen Liquindoli; son-in-law, Mike Liquindoli; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Phyllis Falk, Marilyn Whelden, and Noreen and Stanley Snukis; and his grandchildren, Laura (Gagnon) Legnon, Danielle (Gagnon) Hild, and Michael Liquindoli, each with whom he had a special bond. He also leaves his great-grandsons, Elliot Hild and Oliver Legnon, as well as many nieces and nephews. George was predeceased by his sister, Phyllis McCabe; son-in-law, John Gagnon; and his sister-in-law and brothers-in-law, Pat and Robert Nodwell, Ronald Falk, and Kenneth Whelden. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at 12 noon, at the Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm Street, Rocky Hill. Burial will follow at the Rose Hill Memorial Park. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home from 11 am to 12 noon, just prior to the service. Those wishing may make a donation to Alzheimer's Association CT Chapter, 2075 Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.