Ms. Concetta Verene Gilbert , 95, of Washington, DC, departed this life on January 29, 2024. She was born on July 6, 1928, in Rochester, New York. She was the last of seven siblings.

Ms. Gilbert served honorable in the 1st United States Army from June 1958 to May 1968 as an Assistant Systems Analyst. She was awarded a Good Conduct Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.

According to her niece, Ms. Elaine Buda Muller, after discharge from the military, Ms. Gilbert, worked at the Pentagon, and she did volunteer work at the Washington DC, Veterans Affairs Medical Center with disabled veterans. Ms. Gilbert also received a personal invite to President Reagan's Inauguration.

Ms. Gilbert loved to travel, dance the jitterbug, and indulge on her favorite meals of crabs and raw oysters.

Ms. Gilbert was proceeded in death by her parents, and siblings. Ms. Gilbert is survived by many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews; and a host of other relatives.

A viewing will be held at A.L. Bennett and Son Funeral Home, 200 Butternut Drive, Fredericksburg, VA, 22408, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 11:00 AM followed by the funeral service at Quantico National Cemetery, 18424 Joplin Road, Triangle, at 1:30 PM.