Robert Ernest Gilham, age 69, of Hamburg, NY, passed away on November 7, 2012. He was the beloved husband of the late Barbara Ruth (nee Duncan) Gilham, who was of the Bethlehem Community in Taylorsville. He attended Patterson School for Boys in Lenoir and was a member of Buffalo Shipmasters Association. He was a loving father of Robert Duncan (Darcy) Gilham; cherished grandpa of Kaelyn Brooke, Breanne Alyssa, and Duncan Robert Gilham. The family will receive friends on Saturday, November 17, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm at Bethlehem Baptist Church and service will follow at 2:00 pm with Rev. Kenneth Little officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.