Published by admin on Thu, 04/20/2023 - 7:53am
CLAUDE JOSEPH GILMER, 94, of Aitkin, formerly of Crosby, died at Aitkin Health Service on April 8, 2023. He was born on Aug. 31, 1928 to William and Marie "Mary" Gilmer in Swan Lake, Manitoba, Canada. The family moved to Brainerd, he lost his mother at the age of two and was raised by his Aunt Mary. As a teenager, his father moved him and his brother to several farms. After he served in the U.S. Army in the Tank Corps during the Korean War, he worked for Hanna Mining and was a logger most of his life. On June 6, 1964, he married to Marlene Wood, she passed away at the age of 40.