----Source: The Thorp Courier February 26, 2003

Anita Gilbertson

Anita M. Gilbertson, 77, of Holcombe, died Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation in Chippewa Falls.

She was born November 4, 1925, in Barron County, the daughter of Palmer and Marie (Olson) Peterson. She graduated from Barron High School in 1943. She had served on the Thorp School Board and had also been a Lake Holcombe town board member. Anita will be remembered as a loving mother and housewife.

Survivors include: one daughter, Susan Hall of St. Michael, MN; three sons: Dave (Cheryl) of Maple Grove, MN, Bradley (Sharon) of Stratford and John of Chippewa Falls; one brother Donald (Bette) Peterson of Bloomington, MN; six grandchildren: Kristen, Craig, Christopher, Cherden, Travis and Karey; and 13 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two husbands, Gordon, and Glen Gilbertson; one grandson, Wyatt, and a son-in-law, Jeff Hall.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 8, 2003 at First Lutheran church, Barron, with the Rev. Bruce Beyer officiating. Spring burial will be in the Wayside Cemetery in Barron. Friends called from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 7 at Borton Funeral Home, Cornell and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.