Albers, Gladys (1912-2012)

ALBERS, DESMIDT, PEDERSEN, GATTON, OFTEDAHL, SUNDE, HANSON, GILBERT, RAHM, SEEMANN, GILMORE, BIERLE, WEAVER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 7/19/2012 at 19:29:33

Gladys Albers
(December 5, 1912 - July 1, 2012)

Gladys Albers, age 99, of Buffalo Center, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center.

Gladys Mary DeSmidt Pedersen Albers was born December 5, 1912, in Laurens, Iowa, to Abraham and Emma (Gatton) DeSmidt. She graduated from Humbolt High School and then taught school in the Rutland, Iowa, area.

On January 17, 1937, she married Chris Mike Pedersen, the son of Willis and Laura Pedersen, of Ottosen, Iowa, at the Rutland Lutheran Parsonage. They made their home first on a farm at Ottosen and then later at the family farm south of Buffalo Center. After Mike passed away in 1981, Gladys moved into Buffalo Center, and in 1984, she married Ted Albers, who passed away in 2002.

Gladys and Mike and later Gladys and Ted spent many years at their home in McAllen, Texas, where they enjoyed themselves and found many new friends.

A one-time member of the Grant Lutheran Church, Gladys, then, joined the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center. She became a member of the circles in both churches and also of the Bison Senior Citizens Center where she enjoyed playing cards.

She moved to the Timely Mission Nursing Home in January where she lived until her passing on July 1, 2012.

Gladys is survived by her four daughters: Karen (John) Oftedahl, of Buffalo Center, Judy Sunde (Wes Madetzke), of Buffalo Center, Laura (Greg) Hanson, of Isanti, Minnesota, and Diane (Mark) Gilbert, of Garner, Iowa; her grandchildren: Teresa Oftedahl, Sherry (Tony) Rahm, Cory (Kim) Oftedahl, Jason Sunde, Jody (Steve) Seemann, Jill Gilmore, Jerrod (Sharon) Sunde, Jonas Hanson, Chris (Angie) Bierle, Travis (Kristy) Bierle, and Heidi (Scott) Weaver; her great-grandchildren: Megan, Justin, Conner, Savannah, Mercedes, MacKenzie, Josie, Grant, Payton, Claire, Gabriel, Jack, Benjamin, Morgan, Natalie, Wyatt, Dylan, Jace, Katelyn, Aspen, Amanda, Rachel, and Ella; her great-great grandchildren: Addison and Carson; her sister-in-law, Mildred DeSmidt, and two nephews, Gary and Mike DeSmidt, and their families.

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Chris and Ted; her parents; her parents-in-law; her brother, Harold DeSmidt, and a son.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM, Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center with Pastor Bill Peake officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Olena Mound Cemetery.

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