Gayle Glenn Gilbert

Gayle Glenn Gilbert completed his mortal journey on 4 April 2020. He and his wife, Shirley Wangsgard Gilbert, were residents at the Canyons Retirement Community of Twin Falls, Idaho. He was 86 years old. Gayle was born in Arcadia, Utah, on 16 March 1934, to Thomas and Cecilia (Olsen) Gilbert. He grew up on the family farm and loved working the land. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, for a time before returning to help his father farm in the Uintah Basin. Gayle was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two-year church mission in California from 1954 to 1956. He also served honorably in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958 and was stationed for a time in Korea after completing his training at Fort Ord in California. Gayle met Shirley Wangsgard of Huntsville, Utah, when she was visiting friends in Duchesne, Utah. He liked to tell his children that, from the first time he saw her, he knew “she was the one.” On their first date, he played his ukulele and sang for her because he was too shy to talk. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on 6 January 1966. Gayle and Shirley moved with their six children to Wendell, Idaho, in 1979 where they farmed for several years. After selling the Wendell farm, Gayle worked for various farming and ranching operations throughout southern Idaho and northern Nevada before retiring and eventually settling in Twin Falls. Gayle often said that the best crop he ever raised was his family. He saw his roles as husband and father as sacred callings from God and loved to spend time with his wife, children, and grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers (Jack and Thomas Lamar), five sisters (Evelyn, Naomi, Martha, Mildred, and Laural), a son (Garrett Paul), and a grandson (Jacob). He is survived by his wife Shirley, his brother Rulon of Twin Falls, daughter Laurel (Mike) Wilder of Moscow, Idaho, son Nathanael (Shanda) of Cochran, Georgia, son Jarom (Candise) of Idaho Falls, son Jefferson (Laurie) of West Jordan, Utah, daughter Estella (David) Elliott of Buhl, and seventeen grandchildren.