Hollis, Gladys E (1917?-2008)

HOLLIS, FRAKES, SLOAN, SANDBERG

Posted By: Colleen Ossman (email)
Date: 6/9/2008 at 11:21:09

(The Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA, June 6, 2008)

Gladys E. Hollis, formerly of Clarion, passed into eternal rest on June 2, 2008 while living in Chesterfield, Mo. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Marion Hollis, and her parents, Earnest and Mary Frakes. Gladys was born on a farm near Woolstock. She attended one room schoolhouse for elementary grades and graduated from Woolstock High School in 1934 as valedictorian. She graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, and went to teach 8 grades in a one room school house in the Woolstock City Schools. She and Marion were married in 1937 and began farming near Webster City. For many years, they farmed near Woolstock before moving to Clarion. Gladys worked at Morton Frozen Foods in Webster City and at Clarion Care Center for many years.

Surviving family includes: William and Marlyce Hollis of Dunnellon, Fla., Gail and Gary Sloan of New York City, Robert and Kathleen Hollis of Canton, Conn., William Hollis of Hartford, Conn.; Carolyn Sue and Howard Sandberg of Chesterfield, Mo., Eric and Elaine Sandberg of Ballwin, Mo.; great-grandchildren, Kristin Sloan, Riley and Daniel Hollis, Austin and Alexis Hollis, Thomas and Jonathan Sandberg.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the United Methodist Church of Clarion for the Hollis Nursing Scholarship Fund, 201 Third Ave. NE., Clarion, IA 50525. Funeral services are pending at Ewing Dugger Funeral Home. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery in Webster City.