Gladys A. (Johnson) SHIPMAN

SHIPMAN, JOHNSON, JACKSON, BOEHMER, BANDSTRA, DEJONG, MARINER, OLSON, ALLOS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/8/2010 at 15:56:56

February 16, 1918 -- November 3, 2010

MASON CITY, IA - Gladys A. Shipman, 92, of Mason City died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 S. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. Keith Scott officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and continue at the church one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be directed to the Gladys A. Shipman Memorial Fund.

Gladys was born Feb. 16, 1918, in Kanawha, the daughter of Joel and Christina (Jackson) Johnson. She graduated from Kanawha High School in 1937. Gladys married Carroll Shipman June 3, 1940, in Lancaster, Mo. Gladys spent her time at home where she enjoyed cooking for the constant flow of family and friends, and baking. She was best known for her Aunt Chick's Santa cookies and her divinity, chicken and noodles and many other recipes which she passed on to her family. Her mother taught her from a very early age how to sew, and Gladys could make anything. Gladys assisted her husband in his many different business operations. Gladys and Carroll traveled in their Winnebago to Arizona and California in the winters. She was a member and past president of the Washington Elementary PTA in the '60s.

Gladys is survived by her son, Scott Shipman (Tracy), their children Zachary Boehmer, Alexander and Lukas Shipman, Mason City; granddaughters Lori (Dr. Russell) Bandstra, their children, Stephen, Elizabeth, and Christopher Bandstra; Stephanie (Michael) DeJong, their children Nicholas,and Matthew DeJong, Pella; grandson, Carroll (Lori) Shipman III, their children Cole, Sarah, and Samuel Shipman Shorewood Minn.; and one sister, Maybelle Mariner, Britt. Gladys is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Carroll; two sons, Carroll and Vance Shipman; daughter, Shirley Olson; son-in-law, Roger Olson; one brother, Lester Johnson, and one sister, Doris Allos. Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, Iowa 50401.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
November 5, 2010