Gloria Edith (Pritchard) Bills (1924-2011)

BILLS, PRITCHARD, BLAIR, SEARS, DEITRICK, ROBINSON, CAMERON

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/11/2012 at 23:00:19

From Chet Ryan Mortuary obituary, Nevada, Story County, Iowa:

Gloria Edith Bills
January 6, 1924 - June 17, 2011

Gloria Edith Bills, 87 of Nevada passed away on Friday June 17, 2011 at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday June 20, 2011 at the Memorial Lutheran Church, 701 11th Street in Nevada. Burial will follow in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday June 19, 2011 with the family present from 2-4:00 p.m. at Chet Ryan Mortuary, 708 Fifth Street in Nevada.

Gloria was born to Roscoe and Elsie (Berns) Pritchard on January 6, 1924 in Collins, Iowa. She was a 1942 graduate of Maxwell High School. On September 30, 1944, she married Chester Bills in Nevada. Of this union three children were born. Gloria worked at the Ordinance Plant in Ankeny and retired in 1981 as the Supervisor of the hot lunch program for the Nevada Community Schools. She was a member of the Memorial Lutheran Church, Mary Esther Circle, American Legion Auxiliary Unit #48, and Women of the Moose Lodge #733.

Those left to cherish Gloria's loving memories are her three children Judith Blair, Sharon (Richard) Sears, and Craig (Pam Deitrick) Bills; grandson Andrew (Todd Robinson) Sears; great-granddaughter Sydney Sears; 3 step-grandsons; 7 step great-grandchildren; Larry and Connie Cameron.

Gloria was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Chet on November 18, 2002, son-in-law Ted Blair, and her grandson Timothy Sears.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Chet Ryan Mortuary, in Nevada, has been entrusted with the care of Gloria and her family. Online condolences may be left at www.chetryanmortuary.com

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