Viola Jones

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Mrs. Viola H. Hamsher of 90 Main St. died Tuesday (Mar. 27, 1979) in her home after a long illness. She was 64.

Mrs. Hamsher was born in Binghamton and was a graduate of Binghamton High School and the former Rochester Dental Dispensary School of Dental Hygiene. She had lived in Dansville since 1946 and worked with her husband, Dr. Robert Hamsher, D.D.S., as a dental hygienist until illness forced her to retire a month ago.

She was a member of the Daniel Goho American Legion Post Auxiliary, a charter member and emeritus director of the Dansville Area Historical Society, a former member of the Eastern Star chapter in Dansville and a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Mrs. Hamsher was also active in Girl Scout and Cub Scout organizations.

Surviving besides Dr. Hamsher are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Joann) Gilbert and Mrs. John (Sandra) Dobbins, both of Dover, Del.; a brother, John Jones of Binghamton; a sister, Mrs. Albert (Audrey) Rood of Binghamton; six grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be conducted this afternoon at 2 O'Clock in St. Peter's Church. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Scottsburg with arrangements by the Chamberlin Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Society or St. Peter's Church. (GCE, March 29, 1979, p4)

Family/Spouse: Doctor Robert D. Hamsher. Robert (son of Glenn Clair Hamsher and Katherine Emma Layer) was born in 1908 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; died on 17 Oct 2000 in Dover, Kent County, Delaware; was buried in Union/Scottsburg Cemetery, Conesus, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DOVER, DEL. - Joann Hamsher Gilbert, 64, of Dover, Delaware died of cancer April 20, 2000 in Bayhealth/Kent General Hospital in Dover.
Mrs. Gilbert was born in Waverly, N.Y. on Oct. 16, 1935, the daughter of Dr. Robert D. Hamsher of Dover and the late Viola J. Hamsher. She was a 1953 graduate of Dansville High School.

In 1997, she retired from Capital School District where she had been a guidance counselor for many years. Prior to coming to Delaware in 1968, she taught in several schools in Western New York. She had also been an adjunct professor for Wilmington College since 1994. She graduated from the University of Buffalo with a BA in 1961 and later received a masters of education in elementary and secondary school counseling from Wilmington College. She also served on the faculty senate for Wilmington College.

Mrs. Gilbert enjoyed college teaching, golf RV'ing and gardening. She will best be remembered for her friendliness, joviality and willingness to assist others. She was always reaching out to help people.

Mrs. Gilbert was a member of Christ Church in Dover, a member of the National Board of Certified Counselors since 1984, was formerly a member of the Rotary Club of Harrington, Del. and in March of this year was made a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.

In additional to her father, she is survived by her husband of 22 years, Dr. Arthur R. Gilbert; a son, Robert of Union Gap, Washington; a sister, Sandra H. Dobbins (John) of Dover; an aunt, Audrey (Albert) Rood of Binghamton, N.Y.; a mother-in-law, Annette Ricard of Sanford Maine; two sisters-in-law, Vivian (Tim) Shirley and Angela (Richard) West, both of Sanford, Maine; and several nieces, nephews and cousins in New York and Maine. She was also very fond of her two AFS daughters, Barbara Trull and her fiance Oliver Voigt from Mainz, Germany and Susanne Gaglick and her husband Markus from Hanover, Germany.

Services were at Christ Church in Dover. Friends called at Ambruso Funeral Chapel, South State St., Dover. Burial was in Dover.

Instead of flowers the family suggests contributions to Wilmington College, Joann H. Gilbert Memorial Fund, 320 Dupont Highway, New Castle, Delaware 19720. (GCE, April 27, 2000, p4)

Joanne married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]