THEIS-GRUBE, Gladys (nee Womack) 1906-2002

THEIS-GRUBE, THEIS, GRUBE, WILDEN, WOMACK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/24/2009 at 19:10:38

Gladys Theis-Grube

NEW HAVEN, IOWA - Gladys Theis-Grube, 95, formerly of New Haven, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2002, at the Ninth St. Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2002, at St. Peter Catholic Church in New Haven with Monsignor Stanley J. Hayek officiating. Interment will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in New Haven, Mitchell county, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2002, at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage with a Scripture Service at 7 p.m. and will continue one hour before services at the church on Saturday.

Gladys was born May 7, 1906, in McCallsburg, the daughter of Pearl and Olive (Wilden) Womack. She was educated in Howard County. She worked as a midwife in Howard and Mitchell Counties. On Feb. 14, 1928, she married Gilbert M. Theis at St. Peter Catholic Church in New Haven. They lived their entire married life on a farm east of New Haven until they retired to Osage and later moved to Charles City. On Sept. 1, 1986, Gilbert passed away. On Oct. 1, 1995, Gladys was united in marriage to John Grube in Charles City where she continued to live until she moved to the Care Center Oct. 30, 2001, where she passed away. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking and raising chickens. She was active in her church and community. Her biggest joy was her family and grandchildren. Gladys will be remembered for her active involvement in planning family reunions.

Living family members include her husband, John Paul Grube of Charles City; four children, Mary Jensen and her husband Melvin of Osage; Veronica Goodale of Manly; George Theis and his wife Theresa of Plymouth; Margaret (Maggie) Weber and her husband Larry of Charles City; Daughter-in-law Nancy (Theis) Hemann and her husband Gervase of Riceville; brother Jim Womack and his wife Gert of Riceville; sister-in-law Hazel Theis of Lansing; 26 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband Gilbert M. Theis, her parents, a son Norbert Theis, son-in-law Bill Goodale, four brothers, and six sisters.