Gilbert Francis "Gil" Deneau

Miss you every day dear brother in Christ.

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My Husband "Gil"

My husband, Gil, suffered a sudden, massive heart attack on Wednesday, June 11th, at 6:30 PM on our way to Bible Study. He never regained consciousness. The sweetheart of my life, my dream-come-true, my happily-ever-after, my last-dance, was taken home very peacefully by angels on Friday, June 13th, to be with his personal savior, Jesus Christ.

It gives me great peace to know this to be true, because he was a devoted...

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This note is written with great sadness and great joy. The news of Gil's return home came quite as a shock. Gil has been a part of our family for many years. He will be missed.

We first met Gil at the church we were attending 14 years ago. He was a very strong man of God and always took on our family as a sort of prayer burden. I was very relieved to know he was praying for us. I will miss his prayers here on earth, but I am delighted to...

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My name is Jason Gilbert Deneau. Son of Gilbert Francis Deneau. The only son that was born with his last name.

As I grew up as a child, I was a mischievious boy. Ready and quite able to test the patience of my dad. As I was receiving my punishment with the famous line that I'm sure we've all heard: "Boy, this is going to hurt me a lot more than it's going to hurt you." After I received my well-deserved punishment and wiped away my tears, I...

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Dancing With Dad

I stand here today to honor a man I have known
This man was named Gil and through him I've grown.

But I guess it would be best to start at the beginning
Because to those who don't know me, it might be confusing.

I first came to know Gil, under strange circumstances
I put up my guard and I wasn't taking any chances.

I was scared to get to know this new man in my life
Afterall, he wasn't MY dad, I...

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Life is Full of Surprises

She was lonely yet she remained faithful to the Lord. She did everything right. The Lord blessed her with a Knight in Shining Armor. They became a team and then they became one. The Lord blessed them with the perfect love.

His heart was full of love and happiness, but his body was tired. The Lord decided to take him and make him Lead of His choir. As we sit and wonder "why?", the Lord says "He was not...

We moved next door to the Deneau family 18 years ago in Stockton. Little did we know at the time, that a "friendship for life" was forming. Through the years we've laughed and cried, prayed and praised and helped each other out as neighbors and friends whenever there was something needed by either one of us. It was comfortable and reassuring.

I think I was the biggest "garage sale buyer" Gil has ever known! Oh, they always had so much treasure (really good stuff) that I just...

gil you will trully be missed even that we have known gil for a short time both kathleen and i felt we have known him for years we will always treasure and hold close to our hearts the time we had at the sofa bowling night when kathleen was getting a bowling lesson from gil intill we meet again gil linda we love you lots!!!!!!

Gilbert Francis Deneau.

Now there was a man that if you knew him you loved him. You just couldn't refrain from loving Gil Deneau and he loved you right back.

He had that super gift from God of love and showered us all generously with it. You had only to be present to get a double dose. Maybe that's what left us each with a smile when we had to finally leave off visiting our good friend.

Besides that wonderful gift, it was just a pleasure and honor to know this man who...