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Wilbert J. GainesAge: 92 years1913–2005

Name
Wilbert J. Gaines
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Birth 23 Jan 1913
Rural/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA

Military service
U.S. Army - WW II/

Death of a wifeLoretta Theresa Tennis
06 Aug 2004 (Age 91 years)
Parkview Care Center/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA

Burial of a wifeLoretta Theresa Tennis
10 Aug 2004 (Age 91 years)
St Casimir Cemetery/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA

Clubs
American Legion/

Death 21 Feb 2005 (Age 92 years)
Parkview Care Center/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA

Burial 24 Feb 2005 (3 days after death)
St Casimir Cemetery/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA

Religion
Catholic//
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Wilbert J. Gaines
Birth: 23 Jan 1913 — Rural/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA
Death: 21 Feb 2005 — Parkview Care Center/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA
wife
Loretta Theresa Tennis
Birth: 16 Jun 1925 35 26 — Rural/Easton, Faribault, Minnesota, USA
Death: 06 Aug 2004 — Parkview Care Center/Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA
son
Ronald Wilbert Gaines

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Obituary, Albert Lea Tribune, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota Wilbert J. Gaines, age 92, of Wells, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005, at the Parkview Care Center in Wells. Memorila services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells with the Father Eugene Stenzel officiating. Visitation will be held at St. Casimir Catholic Church one hour prior to the service on Thursday with a rosary at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in St. Casimir's Catholic Cemetery in Wells with military honors by the Wells Color Guard. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells is in charge of arrangements. Wilbert was born on Jan. 23, 1913, in rural Wells, the son of Charles F. and Minnie (Berger) Gaines. He married Loretta T. Tennis on January 8, 1944, in Minneapolis. Wilbert served in the U.S. Army in WW II. He worked over 30 years for Peoples Natural Gas, retiring in 1975. He was a member of the St. Casimir Catholic Church. Wilbert was a member of the DAV and 60 year member of the Wells American Legion. He enjoyed playing his accordion and dancing. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Loretta, in 2004; two brothers: August and Charles Gaines Jr.; and four sisters: Laura (Mrs. Rudy Schweitzer), Violet (Mrs. Elvin Sorenson), Mabel (Mrs. John Langenfeld), and Fern (Mrs. Roman Dylla). Survivors include one son, Ron and wife Pat Gaines of Wells; one brother, Alvin Gaines and special friend Viola Rynearson of Albert Lea; two sisters: Elsie White of Winnebago, and Phyllis Latusek of Minnesota Lake; and numerous nieces and nephews.