Gladys Elaine Richardson was born Aug 19, 1932 on a farm near Masonville, IA the daughter of William and Edna Crow Martin. She attended school at Aurora and Arlington before High School in Maynard, graduating with the class of 1950. She attended school at Upper Iowa in Fayette where she earned a 2 year teaching degree. Over the years she continued schooling until earning her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Upper Iowa in 1970.
Glady married Judson Richardson on Dec, 24, 1952 at the Aurora Baptist Church. They were parents of four children, George, Debra, Wanda and Rita. They farmed south of Aurora moving to their present farm in 1959. Gladys taught school in Fayette for one year before she married, the started teaching in East Buchanan Schools in 1966 and retiring in 1995. She lived on the farm until July 2015 when she moved to Lexington Estate in Independence.
Gladys was an active member of the Aurora and Lamont Baptist Churches. She was an officer for the Eastern Iowa Reading Council, the East Buchanan Band Boosters, President, Secretary-Treasurer of Richardson-Jakway Foundation, the Aurora Library Board and a 4-H leader of Byron Green Leaves.
She mowed a lot of cemeteries, dressed a lot of chickens, washed, packed and sold a lot of eggs, made a lot of applesauce, pies and quilts.
Gladys entered into her eternal rest on April 23, 2016 at Lexington Estate in Independence at the age of 83.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jud in 2004, her stillborn brother Eldon Martin, two sisters, Joyce Michels and June Beaudixen.
Survivors include her son George of Aurora, three daughters, Debra (Mike) Shelton of Duncombe, IA, Wanda (Dan) Haverkamp of Independence and Rita (Eric) Freese of Edwardville, IA, Thirteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren, her sister Darlene(Mike) Shelton of Underwood, Iowa.
Services, April 29, 2016 at 1:30 in the Aurora Methodist Church. Interment at Madison Cemetery south of Aurora.
Glady married Judson Richardson on Dec, 24, 1952 at the Aurora Baptist Church. They were parents of four children, George, Debra, Wanda and Rita. They farmed south of Aurora moving to their present farm in 1959. Gladys taught school in Fayette for one year before she married, the started teaching in East Buchanan Schools in 1966 and retiring in 1995. She lived on the farm until July 2015 when she moved to Lexington Estate in Independence.
Gladys was an active member of the Aurora and Lamont Baptist Churches. She was an officer for the Eastern Iowa Reading Council, the East Buchanan Band Boosters, President, Secretary-Treasurer of Richardson-Jakway Foundation, the Aurora Library Board and a 4-H leader of Byron Green Leaves.
She mowed a lot of cemeteries, dressed a lot of chickens, washed, packed and sold a lot of eggs, made a lot of applesauce, pies and quilts.
Gladys entered into her eternal rest on April 23, 2016 at Lexington Estate in Independence at the age of 83.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jud in 2004, her stillborn brother Eldon Martin, two sisters, Joyce Michels and June Beaudixen.
Survivors include her son George of Aurora, three daughters, Debra (Mike) Shelton of Duncombe, IA, Wanda (Dan) Haverkamp of Independence and Rita (Eric) Freese of Edwardville, IA, Thirteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren, her sister Darlene(Mike) Shelton of Underwood, Iowa.
Services, April 29, 2016 at 1:30 in the Aurora Methodist Church. Interment at Madison Cemetery south of Aurora.
Gladys Elaine Richardson was born Aug 19, 1932 on a farm near Masonville, IA the daughter of William and Edna Crow Martin. She attended school at Aurora and Arlington before High School in Maynard, graduating with the class of 1950. She attended school at Upper Iowa in Fayette where she earned a 2 year teaching degree. Over the years she continued schooling until earning her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Upper Iowa in 1970.
Glady married Judson Richardson on Dec, 24, 1952 at the Aurora Baptist Church. They were parents of four children, George, Debra, Wanda and Rita. They farmed south of Aurora moving to their present farm in 1959. Gladys taught school in Fayette for one year before she married, the started teaching in East Buchanan Schools in 1966 and retiring in 1995. She lived on the farm until July 2015 when she moved to Lexington Estate in Independence.
Gladys was an active member of the Aurora and Lamont Baptist Churches. She was an officer for the Eastern Iowa Reading Council, the East Buchanan Band Boosters, President, Secretary-Treasurer of Richardson-Jakway Foundation, the Aurora Library Board and a 4-H leader of Byron Green Leaves.
She mowed a lot of cemeteries, dressed a lot of chickens, washed, packed and sold a lot of eggs, made a lot of applesauce, pies and quilts.
Gladys entered into her eternal rest on April 23, 2016 at Lexington Estate in Independence at the age of 83.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jud in 2004, her stillborn brother Eldon Martin, two sisters, Joyce Michels and June Beaudixen.
Survivors include her son George of Aurora, three daughters, Debra (Mike) Shelton of Duncombe, IA, Wanda (Dan) Haverkamp of Independence and Rita (Eric) Freese of Edwardville, IA, Thirteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren, her sister Darlene(Mike) Shelton of Underwood, Iowa.
Services, April 29, 2016 at 1:30 in the Aurora Methodist Church. Interment at Madison Cemetery south of Aurora.
Glady married Judson Richardson on Dec, 24, 1952 at the Aurora Baptist Church. They were parents of four children, George, Debra, Wanda and Rita. They farmed south of Aurora moving to their present farm in 1959. Gladys taught school in Fayette for one year before she married, the started teaching in East Buchanan Schools in 1966 and retiring in 1995. She lived on the farm until July 2015 when she moved to Lexington Estate in Independence.
Gladys was an active member of the Aurora and Lamont Baptist Churches. She was an officer for the Eastern Iowa Reading Council, the East Buchanan Band Boosters, President, Secretary-Treasurer of Richardson-Jakway Foundation, the Aurora Library Board and a 4-H leader of Byron Green Leaves.
She mowed a lot of cemeteries, dressed a lot of chickens, washed, packed and sold a lot of eggs, made a lot of applesauce, pies and quilts.
Gladys entered into her eternal rest on April 23, 2016 at Lexington Estate in Independence at the age of 83.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jud in 2004, her stillborn brother Eldon Martin, two sisters, Joyce Michels and June Beaudixen.
Survivors include her son George of Aurora, three daughters, Debra (Mike) Shelton of Duncombe, IA, Wanda (Dan) Haverkamp of Independence and Rita (Eric) Freese of Edwardville, IA, Thirteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren, her sister Darlene(Mike) Shelton of Underwood, Iowa.
Services, April 29, 2016 at 1:30 in the Aurora Methodist Church. Interment at Madison Cemetery south of Aurora.
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