Gilbert Neuburger was born in White
Haven in 1880, the son of Joseph and Hannah Neuburger, who had emigrated to the
United States from Germany. He came to Bloomsburg and graduated from the Bloomsburg State Normal School
College Preparatory
Program on June 27, 1900. Gilbert later earned a medical degree and first practiced
medicine in Philadelphia, where he served on the staff of the Jewish Hospital
and in 1906 was promoted to senior house surgeon. Dr. Neuburger then moved
to Wilkes-Barre, where he was a physician and radiologist at Mercy
Hospital. In 1912 he came back to Philadelphia, and became an authority on the use of x-rays and the
benefits of electricity for treating various diseases. When war was
declared he gave up his practice and was commissioned as a Senior Lieutenant in
the Medical Corps of the United States Navy. Dr. Neuburger was stationed at the League Island Navy Yard base
hospital, but became ill on September 20, 1918 first with Spanish
influenza and then pneumonia, and died at the hospital one week later on
September 27 at the age of 38.
The funeral was held three days later, and
Gilbert Neuburger was buried in Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Philadelphia with full naval honors. He was
survived by his wife Corinne, one child, two brothers and three sisters.
This was a very difficult time for the family as another brother and sister had
also died during the previous year. Gilbert was called a genial, whole-souled
young man, who was faithful to his profession and his life work. A caring
physician who could have helped save many more lives during his lifetime had had his career tragically cut
short.