Individual Details

Death

PORT ROYAL - Ralph M. "Bud" Gilson, 81, Main Street, Port Royal, died at 9:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, 1999, at the Brookline Manor Convalescent Rest Home.
Born Oct. 2, 1918, in Turbett Township, Juniata County, he was a son of the late Ralph D. and Margaret (Meloy) Gilson. His wife, Verdelma "Vera" (Saunders) Gilson, died June 18, 1990.
Surviving are: children, Ralph M. Gilson, III, Port Royal RR1, Ronald E. Gilson, Shippensburg, Richard W. Gilson, East Salem, and Kathleen S. Gilson, Harrisburg; sisters, Martha Wickersham, West Chester and Dorothy Baker, Port Royal, RR2; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Anna Mary Shull.
He was a 1936 graduate of Port Royal High School and a 1940 graduate of Rising Sun Aircraft School, Philadelphia, and received a FAA license in aircraft inspection and engine mechanics. He was also a 1943 graduate of Fleisher's Technical School for watchmaking. He was a former bass player for "The Keystones" dance band.
He was a retired clerk for PennDOT, Mifflintown.
He was a member of the Port Royal Lutheran Church and former member of the Port Royal Lions Club.
He was a former bass player for "The Keystones" dance band.
Family funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Henry Funeral Home, Honey Grove. Interment will be in the Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal.
There will be no public viewing.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Port Royal Lutheran Church, Port Royal, PA 17082.