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Has 90 ancestors and 15 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Gilbert John McLean |
| Birth |
28 Feb 1920 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Christening |
30 May 1920 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
31 Oct 1940 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCK-L9C |
| Death |
3 Aug 2011 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I45621 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
George Mark McLean, b. 26 Aug 1872, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 26 Oct 1962, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Rose Powell, b. 19 Aug 1879, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d. 5 Jun 1964, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
3 Feb 1909 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F17688 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Maurine Jackson, b. 14 Jan 1921, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 28 Mar 2014, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Oct 1943 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F5744 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Jun 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 28 Feb 1920 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Christening - 30 May 1920 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 31 Oct 1940 - SLAKE |
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| Marriage - 29 Oct 1943 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 3 Aug 2011 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Burial - - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Obituary:
Gilbert John McLean passed away on August 3, 2011 at the age of ninety-o n e, in Salt Lake City, Utah, of causes incident to age.
Gilbert was born February 28, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduat e d from South High School and attended the University of Utah, where h e me t Maurine Jackson. He served in the East Central States Mission an d the y ear following his release, Gilbert and Maurine were married on Oc tober 29 , 1943 in the Salt Lake Temple.
His schooling was interrupted when he was drafted into the U.S. Army . H e served in the Central European Theater from May 9, 1944 and returne d ho me on March 8, 1946. Gilbert's greatest joy in life was his family . He ta ught them to work and that you don't quit until the job is done .
He was a faithful member of the LDS Church and served in many position s , including Bishop of the Liberty Park Ward. He enjoyed working in th e Sc outing program and received the Silver Beaver Award .
Gilbert is survived by his wife, Maurine; children, Kathleen (Dennis) Ju d d, Marilyn, Rosemary (Duane) Swapp, Powell (Lorraine), John (Leslie), D av id (Stacey Jo), Douglas (Jandeen), and Steven (Diane); twenty-nine gra ndc hildren; and twenty-seven great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by h is p arents; son, Mark (Claire); and two grandchildren .
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August 15, 2011 at 1:00 p.m . i n the Liberty Ward Chapel, 445 Harvard Avenue, Salt Lake City. A view in g will be held on Sunday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Garner Funeral Home, 1 00 1 11th Avenue, Salt Lake City, and prior to the services in the Libert y W ard Building from 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Interment at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Missionary Experience:
Gilbert served as district president in the North Carolina East area . H e became good friends with and appreciated many of the members. He wa s pa rticularly fond of sister Chloe Hodge, a member in Raleigh, who di d man y things for the missionaries.
In his journal, he mentioned many other members that he still had fond m e mories of. Included among those he mentioned from Goldboro are: Mary Ep ps , Christine Epps, Bertie Epps, Libby Sadler, Frankie Gwaltney, Latha n wig gins, and others who provided him many delicious meals as well as f requen t lodgings. He particularly enjoyed fruit-cake,and "extra good, co ld, but termilk" at Bertie Epp's house. For relaxation, he sometimes play ed chine se-checkers with the Epps family for pennies.
Baptisms that he personally performed in North Carolina included: Mary I s abelle Gwaltney, and Needham Eugene Jones (Goldsboro);Alice Mae Hamilt o n Smith (Wilmington) William Clayton Henderson and Adolph Nethercutt (B ea ulaville); Thomas Leo Braxton (Greenville)
-from a letter to Mary Epps Spiron, 25 Sept 1992
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