{"id":2970,"date":"2020-01-08T13:16:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2020-01-08T13:16:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:16:03","slug":"alfred-carlton-gilbert-iii-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2020\/01\/08\/alfred-carlton-gilbert-iii-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred Carlton Gilbert III ’65"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Saturday, June 1, 2019, Alfred Carlton Gilbert III, who we all knew as Fred, or if you saw his\u00a0car in town, ACG3, left us peacefully and quietly, with his wife, Joan, by his side after losing a\u00a0long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n

Fred was born June 28, 1946, in Hamden, CT, to Alfred C. Gilbert Jr. and Jean Tibbetts\u00a0Gilbert. He was the second of four children and the oldest son. Always proud of his ACG3 name,\u00a0he honored his family history. His grandfather, AC, invented the Erector set, and Fred remained\u00a0a member of the AC Gilbert Heritage Society until his death.<\/p>\n

Fred enjoyed a typically outdoors childhood in Hamden, which formed the basis of his\u00a0love of the outdoors. He attended Williston Academy and Norwich University and served two\u00a0years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

A champion swimmer from a young age, he went on to be a powerful force at Norwich,
\nbreaking and holding many records there for decades. His butterfly was a beautiful thing to
\nbehold.<\/p>\n

After his discharge from the army, Fred settled in the Mad River Valley and made his life
\nand home here for 47 years. A carpenter by vocation, he built both of his Valley homes along with countless places in The Valley, creating his beloved Sugar Pail Hill home, nurturing\u00a0bountiful gardens, cutting timber for heat, having the companionship of several dogs and critters\u00a0and living the life of a mountain man. His door was always open to friends and family and epic\u00a0parties just grew around him. Home was his joy and the great outdoors was his passion.<\/p>\n

Fred and Joan married in 1999 and continued his tradition of friends, family critters,
\nbounty and love. They later determined they were better friends than spouses but remained
\nmarried and close friends.<\/p>\n

One of Fred\u2019s greatest gifts was his sense of civic duty and giving. He hiked and
\nmaintained the Long Trail and was a lifelong volunteer, serving on the Green Mountain Club\u2019s\u00a0board for several years. He was instrumental in creating the Mad River Path, built bridges,\u00a0maintained trails and was on their board. Later he gave his talents to planning commissions and\u00a0conservation commissions in both Fayston and Waitsfield.<\/p>\n

Fred is survived by his wife, Joan Bartlett Gilbert; his sister, Julie Gilbert Trail and Shan
\nTrail; brother, John Gilbert and Ali Gilbert; brother, David Gilbert and Kathy Gilbert; several
\ncherished Gilbert and Tibbetts cousins, nieces and nephews; and Bartlett in-laws.<\/p>\n

His father, Alfred C. Gilbert Jr., and mother, Jean Tibbetts Gilbert, passed away before
\nhim, as well as many close friends that he also considered family.<\/p>\n

A memorial service will be held and announced for Fred here in the Mad River Valley at
\na later date this summer.<\/p>\n

Contributions to Fred\u2019s memory may be made to the Green Mountain Club, 4711
\nWaterbury Stowe Road, Waterbury Center, VT 05677, or the Mad River Path Association, 4601\u00a0Main Street, Waitsfield, VT 05673.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, June 1, 2019, Alfred Carlton Gilbert III, who we all knew as Fred, or if you saw his\u00a0car in town, ACG3, left us peacefully and quietly, with his wife, Joan, by his side after losing a\u00a0long battle with cancer. Fred was born June 28, 1946, in Hamden, CT, to Alfred C. Gilbert Jr. … Continue reading Alfred Carlton Gilbert III ’65<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[737,264,63],"class_list":["post-2970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","tag-alfred-carlton-gilbert-iii","tag-class-of-1965","tag-williston-academy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2970"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2977,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970\/revisions\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}