Club. While on the farm, Gladys looked forward to having local youth out to walk beans, she enjoyed feeding the workers and visiting with all of them. She was also an avid golfer. She enjoyed watching sports, especially when her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were participating. She delighted in spending time with her family. Gladys loved to cook and bake, she found great joy in preparing a meal for her friends and family, and baking cookies for various groups. She looked forward to having football players from William Penn come out and providing them a home cooked meal. She had a kind and gentle spirit accompanied with a servant heart.
Her family includes her three children and their spouses, Sandra and Danny Voss, Emory and LeAnne Stewart, and Alan Cindy Stewart all of Oskaloosa; eight grandchildren, Melissa (Max) Pettyjohn, Bryan Voss, Heidi (Gabe) Washington, Tony (Jessica) Stewart, Lesley (Patrick) DeRenzo, Vanessa Stewart (Justin Allen), Josh Hicks, and Colton Hicks; 11 great grandchildren, Trey, Akeelah, Bryce, Jovie, Kai, Cole, Britney, Braxton, Noah, Annika, and Blaise.
In addition to her husband Albert, Gladys was preceded in death by her parents, her son, Gregory Albert Stewart, and her brother and his wife, Robert and Bev Brom.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 1 p.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel with Reverend Bruce Wittern officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa. The Bates Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will begin Tuesday after 10 a.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel and the family will be at the funeral chapel from 5-7 Tuesday evening to greet friends and relatives. Memorials may be made to William Penn Music Department.
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