Kathryn Lee Gilbert

Monday, November 15, 2021

Kathryn Lee Gilbert, 102, passed away peacefully in her sleep November 12, 2021 at Emerald Groves North Assisted Living Center in Mesa, AZ. Born the third of six children to Hattie and Mack McCullough on May 15, 1919, she spent her youth on a small family farm southeast of Cory, IN. Kathryn attended Perry Township School all 12 years, graduating in 1937. She worked various jobs during the depression, including stints at the Old Mr Boston Bottling Company and Commercial Solvents in Terre Haute. She married Wayne Gilbert in 1941, and the couple relocated to Indianapolis to support the war effort. Following WWII, the couple returned to the Cory community and built their home and farm where Kathryn lived the next 72 years. In 1960, she went to work at Columbia Records in Terre Haute and retired in 1981.

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