Elaine Gilbert

1926 – 2023

Elaine Gilbert died November 17th at her home in Princeton, New Jersey. She was 97. No cause of death was available.

Mrs. Gilbert was an executive secretary as a young woman.  After she married, she was a homemaker.

Mrs. Gilbert was born in the Bronx in New York City on September 20, 1926. Her father, who was born in Russia, was an attorney.  Her mother, who was born in Vienna, Austria, was a homemaker.

Mrs. Gilbert married Murray Gilbert in 1950. Mr. Gilbert owned a home improvements business. He passed away in 2015 from complications related to a brain tumor.

They had two children, Robin Gilbert of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Pamela Gilbert, of Alexandria, Virginia.

Survivors include Robin and her husband, James McAuliffe, their son Peter McAuliffe and his wife Meghan McAuliffe; Pamela and her husband Charles Lewis, their children Gabriel Lewis and Cassandra Lewis Slattery, Cassandra’s husband Peter Slattery, and their daughter Amalia Marie.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Patrick’s Center of Wilmington, Delaware, a non-profit organization whose mission is to build community, address poverty, and restore hope by meeting basic needs with respect and dignity: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/st-patricks-center-inc
Private funeral services and entombment were held November 19 at the Sanctuary of Abraham and Sarah (Cedar Park/ Beth El Cemetery) in Paramus, NJ.