Sondra Jean (Knutson) Gilbert, of Waco, Texas and formerly of Devils Lake, North Dakota passed away peacefully at Providence Health Center Hospice in Waco, Texas on January 10, 2015. Sondi, 71, was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota on March 26, 1943. After she graduated from Central High School in Devils Lake, she went to Los Angeles where she worked for Western Airlines as a flight attendant. She married and later lived in Colorado, New York City and Staten Island, New York before moving to Waco, Texas. She worked for Time Warner and then for the City of Waco as a tourism counselor before she retired. She was an avid lover and advocate for cats in her community and adopted a lovely cat, Annie Dot, who became her companion. Sondi was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Jeanette Knutson, her brothers Darrell Knutson and Marlyn Knutson and her husband Ernie Gilbert. She is survived by her brother, Norris (Doris) Knutson of Minneapolis, MN; nieces and nephews, Valerie (Bill) Todd of Bothell, WA, Dale Knutson and Russell Knutson also of Bothell, WA; Greg Knutson of East Bethel, MN and Julie Knutson of Chisago City, MN and her beloved cat, Annie Dot. Private memorial service and interment will be held spring/summer of 2015 at Center Lutheran Church Cemetery in Central Township, North Dakota.