Culmer, Gladys Laugerman Dyvig (1926-2020)

CULMER, LAUGERMAN, WELLMAN, DYVIG, TAYLOR, WHITAKER, GROVE, LISTON

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 4/22/2021 at 18:16:19

Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
December 2, 2020

Gladys Dyvig Culmer, 94, beloved mother and grandmother went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. She passed away at Southfield Wellness Center from complications due to COVID. Private family funeral services will be held with Pastor Gina Sterk, officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery near Jewell. Foster Funeral and Cremation Center is entrusted with the services.

Gladys Harriet Laugerman, was born June 3, 1926 the daughter of Oscar and Dena Wellman Laugerman in Williams. She attended rural schools and moved to Webster City in 1940 and graduated from Lincoln High in 1943. She worked for Crosley Foster Insurance for many years and later owned and operated a consignment shop Tiny Tots/Teens for 17 years.

Gladys was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church serving on the Evangelism Committee and a longtime member of the Naomi Circle. She also attended Congregate Meals for over 35 years and served eight years as a board member.

Gladys was united in marriage to Clifford Dyvig of Webster City on November 9, 1947. He preceded her in death on August 4, 1991. In 1995, she married Clyde Culmer of Woolstock. He passed away on July 19, 2002.

She is survived by her children, Dale Dyvig of Webster City, Jerry (Marj) Dyvig of Edmond, OK, and Lanette Taylor (Brian) of Honolulu, HI; step-children, Nancy (Steve) Whitaker of Ankeny, Susan (Phil) Grove of Van Meter, Daniel (Karen) Culmer; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; 11 step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

Gladys was preceded in death by her daughter, Becky Liston; one son in infancy; step-son, Steve Culmer; three brothers and three sisters.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Glady’s memory to Congregate Meals, 604 Prospect St., Webster City, IA 50595.