(Husband's Great Aunt)
Gladys was the six child born to John McDonald and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald and sister of Anna Elizabeth, Mary Lula, Ethel May, Ellen Leora, Henry Edmond lived only six days and Glenford Ercille.
Gladys parents, John and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald, were hardy pioneers who homesteaded a quarter of land in Oklahoma one mile south of the Kansas-Oklahoma state line when the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement in 1893. Gladys and her brother and sisters attended the Springdale District #7 school located just one mile from the family's home. The four older girls were married in ceremonies performed at the parents' home. Three of the girls, Lizzie, Ethel, and Ellen, established homes in the community while Mary lived in Medford, Oklahoma. Since this was before the time of school buses to take rural children to highschool, Gladys and her sisters did not attend high school. However, after Glenford Ercille completed his grade school education, John and Anna arranged for their daughter Ellen and her husband Ray Huntley to live in the large six room house they had built on the adjoining quarter of land they had purchased next to the homestead quarter and to farm the land. Gladys, Glenford, and their parents moved to a tract of land just west of Caldwell so that Glenford could attend high school. Gladys worked for Detrick's Mercantile. After Glenford graduated in 1923, they moved back to the farm where they resided until Glenford Ercille and Lucille were married in 1928. Gladys who was then 30 years old, moved with her parents who had reached "retirement" age of 65 years, to the home at 311 North Osage in Caldwell. Although officially "retired", Gladys parents maintained a mini-farm on the lots behind their home. They had a barn for their cow, a chicken house for chickens, and room for a big garden. Their toil and labor of working the soil always paid off in a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables which were canned and preserved for the family's winter needs. Who could forget the rhubarb and strawberry preserves on homemade bread spread with freshly churned butter. After moving to Caldwell, Gladys began working at the J.C. Penney store where she was a most helpful, friendly salesperson. She was always partial to the Penney stores as she believed in the quality merchandise they offered. She even used some of her earnings to purchase stock in the company which she never sold. Her parents believed in investing in land and finally realized their goal of leaving each of their six children a quarter of land. Gladys also purchased land from her income as her roots were firmly planted as a child in the good earth. Gladys became an aunt at the age of 9 1/2 years when Delmar was born, and from then on she was known as "Aunt Gladyee" or "Aunt Gladys" to not only her 20 nieces and nephews but to all other members of the family and to everyone in the community, young and old. Although Aunt Gladys could not be given the title of housewife, she certainly could be called a homemaker. In 1931 when her sister Ellen Leora Huntley died of cancer and left four children ranging in age from three to ten years of age, Aunt Gladys became a second mother to the children. Dessie Nadine recalls that Aunt Gladys always made new dresses for Esther and her each Memorial Day. Later the girls, Esther and Nadine, lived with their aunt and grandparents the four years they attended high school. Aunt Gladys parents were active in the Springdale Wesleyan Methodist Church in the community, bringing the children in the church. Gladys father taught his family to honor the Sabbath by example. He never worked on the Sabbath for he believed that if the good Lord saved his crops until Sunday, he would save them until Monday. Later the family attended the Church of God which met at the Sunnyside School just four miles from their homestead. The congregation later moved to Caldwell and built a church. Just recently, the original church was replaced by this large, beautiful brick sanctuary and education building. Gladys Faye never married. Gladys departed for her Heavenly Father's home May 25, 1985, at Caldwell, Kansas, at the age of 87 years, 1 month, 25 days. Aunt Gladys loved flowers and was a member of the Friends and Flowers Garden Club. Bouquets of flowers from her garden were often shared with others. Although she loved flowers and shared her flowers with others during her lifetime, she requested that there be no floral tributes at her funeral. Instead, she wanted her family to place two long-stemmed red roses on her casket and to honor her memory by giving gifts to the needy. "Concerned for the welfare of others" would be most appropriate epitaph.
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A VERY "SPECIAL HEARTFELT THANK YOU" TO Diddy & Doodle FOR SPONSORING GREAT AUNT GLADYS'S MEMORIAL. YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND KINDNESS IS SO APPRECIATED.
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Gladys was the six child born to John McDonald and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald and sister of Anna Elizabeth, Mary Lula, Ethel May, Ellen Leora, Henry Edmond lived only six days and Glenford Ercille.
Gladys parents, John and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald, were hardy pioneers who homesteaded a quarter of land in Oklahoma one mile south of the Kansas-Oklahoma state line when the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement in 1893. Gladys and her brother and sisters attended the Springdale District #7 school located just one mile from the family's home. The four older girls were married in ceremonies performed at the parents' home. Three of the girls, Lizzie, Ethel, and Ellen, established homes in the community while Mary lived in Medford, Oklahoma. Since this was before the time of school buses to take rural children to highschool, Gladys and her sisters did not attend high school. However, after Glenford Ercille completed his grade school education, John and Anna arranged for their daughter Ellen and her husband Ray Huntley to live in the large six room house they had built on the adjoining quarter of land they had purchased next to the homestead quarter and to farm the land. Gladys, Glenford, and their parents moved to a tract of land just west of Caldwell so that Glenford could attend high school. Gladys worked for Detrick's Mercantile. After Glenford graduated in 1923, they moved back to the farm where they resided until Glenford Ercille and Lucille were married in 1928. Gladys who was then 30 years old, moved with her parents who had reached "retirement" age of 65 years, to the home at 311 North Osage in Caldwell. Although officially "retired", Gladys parents maintained a mini-farm on the lots behind their home. They had a barn for their cow, a chicken house for chickens, and room for a big garden. Their toil and labor of working the soil always paid off in a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables which were canned and preserved for the family's winter needs. Who could forget the rhubarb and strawberry preserves on homemade bread spread with freshly churned butter. After moving to Caldwell, Gladys began working at the J.C. Penney store where she was a most helpful, friendly salesperson. She was always partial to the Penney stores as she believed in the quality merchandise they offered. She even used some of her earnings to purchase stock in the company which she never sold. Her parents believed in investing in land and finally realized their goal of leaving each of their six children a quarter of land. Gladys also purchased land from her income as her roots were firmly planted as a child in the good earth. Gladys became an aunt at the age of 9 1/2 years when Delmar was born, and from then on she was known as "Aunt Gladyee" or "Aunt Gladys" to not only her 20 nieces and nephews but to all other members of the family and to everyone in the community, young and old. Although Aunt Gladys could not be given the title of housewife, she certainly could be called a homemaker. In 1931 when her sister Ellen Leora Huntley died of cancer and left four children ranging in age from three to ten years of age, Aunt Gladys became a second mother to the children. Dessie Nadine recalls that Aunt Gladys always made new dresses for Esther and her each Memorial Day. Later the girls, Esther and Nadine, lived with their aunt and grandparents the four years they attended high school. Aunt Gladys parents were active in the Springdale Wesleyan Methodist Church in the community, bringing the children in the church. Gladys father taught his family to honor the Sabbath by example. He never worked on the Sabbath for he believed that if the good Lord saved his crops until Sunday, he would save them until Monday. Later the family attended the Church of God which met at the Sunnyside School just four miles from their homestead. The congregation later moved to Caldwell and built a church. Just recently, the original church was replaced by this large, beautiful brick sanctuary and education building. Gladys Faye never married. Gladys departed for her Heavenly Father's home May 25, 1985, at Caldwell, Kansas, at the age of 87 years, 1 month, 25 days. Aunt Gladys loved flowers and was a member of the Friends and Flowers Garden Club. Bouquets of flowers from her garden were often shared with others. Although she loved flowers and shared her flowers with others during her lifetime, she requested that there be no floral tributes at her funeral. Instead, she wanted her family to place two long-stemmed red roses on her casket and to honor her memory by giving gifts to the needy. "Concerned for the welfare of others" would be most appropriate epitaph.
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A VERY "SPECIAL HEARTFELT THANK YOU" TO Diddy & Doodle FOR SPONSORING GREAT AUNT GLADYS'S MEMORIAL. YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND KINDNESS IS SO APPRECIATED.
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(Husband's Great Aunt)
Gladys was the six child born to John McDonald and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald and sister of Anna Elizabeth, Mary Lula, Ethel May, Ellen Leora, Henry Edmond lived only six days and Glenford Ercille.
Gladys parents, John and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald, were hardy pioneers who homesteaded a quarter of land in Oklahoma one mile south of the Kansas-Oklahoma state line when the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement in 1893. Gladys and her brother and sisters attended the Springdale District #7 school located just one mile from the family's home. The four older girls were married in ceremonies performed at the parents' home. Three of the girls, Lizzie, Ethel, and Ellen, established homes in the community while Mary lived in Medford, Oklahoma. Since this was before the time of school buses to take rural children to highschool, Gladys and her sisters did not attend high school. However, after Glenford Ercille completed his grade school education, John and Anna arranged for their daughter Ellen and her husband Ray Huntley to live in the large six room house they had built on the adjoining quarter of land they had purchased next to the homestead quarter and to farm the land. Gladys, Glenford, and their parents moved to a tract of land just west of Caldwell so that Glenford could attend high school. Gladys worked for Detrick's Mercantile. After Glenford graduated in 1923, they moved back to the farm where they resided until Glenford Ercille and Lucille were married in 1928. Gladys who was then 30 years old, moved with her parents who had reached "retirement" age of 65 years, to the home at 311 North Osage in Caldwell. Although officially "retired", Gladys parents maintained a mini-farm on the lots behind their home. They had a barn for their cow, a chicken house for chickens, and room for a big garden. Their toil and labor of working the soil always paid off in a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables which were canned and preserved for the family's winter needs. Who could forget the rhubarb and strawberry preserves on homemade bread spread with freshly churned butter. After moving to Caldwell, Gladys began working at the J.C. Penney store where she was a most helpful, friendly salesperson. She was always partial to the Penney stores as she believed in the quality merchandise they offered. She even used some of her earnings to purchase stock in the company which she never sold. Her parents believed in investing in land and finally realized their goal of leaving each of their six children a quarter of land. Gladys also purchased land from her income as her roots were firmly planted as a child in the good earth. Gladys became an aunt at the age of 9 1/2 years when Delmar was born, and from then on she was known as "Aunt Gladyee" or "Aunt Gladys" to not only her 20 nieces and nephews but to all other members of the family and to everyone in the community, young and old. Although Aunt Gladys could not be given the title of housewife, she certainly could be called a homemaker. In 1931 when her sister Ellen Leora Huntley died of cancer and left four children ranging in age from three to ten years of age, Aunt Gladys became a second mother to the children. Dessie Nadine recalls that Aunt Gladys always made new dresses for Esther and her each Memorial Day. Later the girls, Esther and Nadine, lived with their aunt and grandparents the four years they attended high school. Aunt Gladys parents were active in the Springdale Wesleyan Methodist Church in the community, bringing the children in the church. Gladys father taught his family to honor the Sabbath by example. He never worked on the Sabbath for he believed that if the good Lord saved his crops until Sunday, he would save them until Monday. Later the family attended the Church of God which met at the Sunnyside School just four miles from their homestead. The congregation later moved to Caldwell and built a church. Just recently, the original church was replaced by this large, beautiful brick sanctuary and education building. Gladys Faye never married. Gladys departed for her Heavenly Father's home May 25, 1985, at Caldwell, Kansas, at the age of 87 years, 1 month, 25 days. Aunt Gladys loved flowers and was a member of the Friends and Flowers Garden Club. Bouquets of flowers from her garden were often shared with others. Although she loved flowers and shared her flowers with others during her lifetime, she requested that there be no floral tributes at her funeral. Instead, she wanted her family to place two long-stemmed red roses on her casket and to honor her memory by giving gifts to the needy. "Concerned for the welfare of others" would be most appropriate epitaph.
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A VERY "SPECIAL HEARTFELT THANK YOU" TO Diddy & Doodle FOR SPONSORING GREAT AUNT GLADYS'S MEMORIAL. YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND KINDNESS IS SO APPRECIATED.
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Gladys was the six child born to John McDonald and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald and sister of Anna Elizabeth, Mary Lula, Ethel May, Ellen Leora, Henry Edmond lived only six days and Glenford Ercille.
Gladys parents, John and Anna Eliza Henry McDonald, were hardy pioneers who homesteaded a quarter of land in Oklahoma one mile south of the Kansas-Oklahoma state line when the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement in 1893. Gladys and her brother and sisters attended the Springdale District #7 school located just one mile from the family's home. The four older girls were married in ceremonies performed at the parents' home. Three of the girls, Lizzie, Ethel, and Ellen, established homes in the community while Mary lived in Medford, Oklahoma. Since this was before the time of school buses to take rural children to highschool, Gladys and her sisters did not attend high school. However, after Glenford Ercille completed his grade school education, John and Anna arranged for their daughter Ellen and her husband Ray Huntley to live in the large six room house they had built on the adjoining quarter of land they had purchased next to the homestead quarter and to farm the land. Gladys, Glenford, and their parents moved to a tract of land just west of Caldwell so that Glenford could attend high school. Gladys worked for Detrick's Mercantile. After Glenford graduated in 1923, they moved back to the farm where they resided until Glenford Ercille and Lucille were married in 1928. Gladys who was then 30 years old, moved with her parents who had reached "retirement" age of 65 years, to the home at 311 North Osage in Caldwell. Although officially "retired", Gladys parents maintained a mini-farm on the lots behind their home. They had a barn for their cow, a chicken house for chickens, and room for a big garden. Their toil and labor of working the soil always paid off in a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables which were canned and preserved for the family's winter needs. Who could forget the rhubarb and strawberry preserves on homemade bread spread with freshly churned butter. After moving to Caldwell, Gladys began working at the J.C. Penney store where she was a most helpful, friendly salesperson. She was always partial to the Penney stores as she believed in the quality merchandise they offered. She even used some of her earnings to purchase stock in the company which she never sold. Her parents believed in investing in land and finally realized their goal of leaving each of their six children a quarter of land. Gladys also purchased land from her income as her roots were firmly planted as a child in the good earth. Gladys became an aunt at the age of 9 1/2 years when Delmar was born, and from then on she was known as "Aunt Gladyee" or "Aunt Gladys" to not only her 20 nieces and nephews but to all other members of the family and to everyone in the community, young and old. Although Aunt Gladys could not be given the title of housewife, she certainly could be called a homemaker. In 1931 when her sister Ellen Leora Huntley died of cancer and left four children ranging in age from three to ten years of age, Aunt Gladys became a second mother to the children. Dessie Nadine recalls that Aunt Gladys always made new dresses for Esther and her each Memorial Day. Later the girls, Esther and Nadine, lived with their aunt and grandparents the four years they attended high school. Aunt Gladys parents were active in the Springdale Wesleyan Methodist Church in the community, bringing the children in the church. Gladys father taught his family to honor the Sabbath by example. He never worked on the Sabbath for he believed that if the good Lord saved his crops until Sunday, he would save them until Monday. Later the family attended the Church of God which met at the Sunnyside School just four miles from their homestead. The congregation later moved to Caldwell and built a church. Just recently, the original church was replaced by this large, beautiful brick sanctuary and education building. Gladys Faye never married. Gladys departed for her Heavenly Father's home May 25, 1985, at Caldwell, Kansas, at the age of 87 years, 1 month, 25 days. Aunt Gladys loved flowers and was a member of the Friends and Flowers Garden Club. Bouquets of flowers from her garden were often shared with others. Although she loved flowers and shared her flowers with others during her lifetime, she requested that there be no floral tributes at her funeral. Instead, she wanted her family to place two long-stemmed red roses on her casket and to honor her memory by giving gifts to the needy. "Concerned for the welfare of others" would be most appropriate epitaph.
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A VERY "SPECIAL HEARTFELT THANK YOU" TO Diddy & Doodle FOR SPONSORING GREAT AUNT GLADYS'S MEMORIAL. YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND KINDNESS IS SO APPRECIATED.
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