Larry Dean Gilbert

April 19, 2018

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Larry Dean Gilbert, 57, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018 while in hospice at Manor Care in West Des Moines. Services will be held Sunday, April 22 at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway in West Des Moines at 2:00 p.m. with visitation one hour prior. Family will also greet friends following the service. Larry will be cremated following the service.

Larry was born on December 21, 1960 in Caribou, ME the son of Dean and Lois (Gilbert) Knabe. In 1964 the Gilbert’s moved to Castle Air Force Base in California and then to Fort Dodge, IA in 1969. Still living in Fort Dodge, Larry married Elizabeth Monahan in 1979 and the couple had two children. In 1987, the family moved to Washington, DC where Larry worked for AAA National Headquarters and later transferred to Heathrow, FL as the maintenance and landscape supervisor. Following their divorce, Larry moved back to Des Moines and worked as a facility manager of grounds and mechanics at Prairie Meadows. In 1999, he married Dr. Christi Laurence and the couple moved to Lawrence, KS where Larry lived until 2013. Larry was diagnosed with progressive MS and has lived at Manor Care for the past five years.

He is survived by his mother, Lois Knabe of West Des Moines; son, Aaron Gilbert of Des Moines; grandson, Cameron Gilbert of Altamonte Springs, FL; sister, Susan (Tony) Mozga of Des Moines; niece, Jessica (Trevor) Finders of West Des Moines; 4 step-brothers; and 2 step-sisters; and many other extended relatives and friends. Larry was preceded in death by his father, Dean Gilbert; and son, Chad Gilbert.

Condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

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