Lemley, Glendolyn 1898-1983

LEMLEY, PEMBERTON, EDWARDS, ASHBY

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 6/17/2011 at 13:15:09

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; April 25, 1983

MRS. LEMLEY SERVICES HELD

*Glendolyn Lemley, 84, of Loveland, Colo., formerly of Grinnell, died Monday, April 11, at a Loveland hospital.

Memorial services were conducted April 16 at the Community church of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colo., following cremation.

She was born July 21, 1898, in Galatia, Ill., to Benjamin Edward and Mary Roxella Pemberton Edwards. She was married Aug. 31, 1924, in Grinnell to Irving S. Lemley, who died may 23, 1964.

Mrs. Lemley had a long career with the U.S. Postal Service, having become a clerk in the Grinnell Post Office in 1923. She became assistant postmaster here July 1, 1940, and in 1954 became assistant operations manager in the postal district office in Des Moines, the only woman to hold that job in the U.S. Postal Service.

In 1958 she became a field-services officer for the Postal Service for 25 northeastern Iowa counties, which included 289 post offices and 70 star routes, acting as a direct reprsentative of the regional postal director and again serving as the only female field services officer.

She retired from that position June 30, 1961, when she and her husband moved to El Paso, Texas, and divided their time between El Paso and Estes Park. She moved to Loveland from Estes Park in 1981.

Mrs. Lemley for many years was secretary of the Iowa Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors.

She is survived by two brothers, E.W. "Pete" Edwards of Vista, Calif., and Ben F. Edwards of Benton, Ill. A niece, Betty Ashby, lives in Newton.

Transcriber Note: *Gwen in obit of her husband.