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On July 14, 2025, Elana Koren Gilbert (maiden name Read) took her last earthly breaths at her home in Tampa, FL, surrounded by her husband Justin Gilbert, family, friends and beloved fur babies, after a long and heroic battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was 38 years old.

Born March 24th, 1987, in Bennington, Vermont to parents Tom Read and Barbara Kiyuna (Glick), and big sister Meriel, Elana was a force of energy and light …

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Born

March 24th, 1987
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Got married to Justin Gilbert

October 11th, 2014
Germany
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Passed away

July 14th, 2025
Tampa, FL

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