1925
Gladys
2014
Gladys Bernice Westrum
October 4, 1925 — April 25, 2014
Memorial services for Gladys Bernice Westrum, age 88, of Albert Lea will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Glenville. Rev. Jim Rushton will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Online Condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com
Gladys died Friday, April 25, 2014 at ThorneCrest Retirement Center.
Gladys Bernice Westrum was born on October 4, 1925 in Fargo, ND to Peder H. and Signe M. (Moe) Granholt. Gladys grew up in the Glenville area and attended Glenville School. On November 2, 1946 Gladys was united in marriage to Harold V. Westrum at the Hayward Parsonage. Gladys enjoyed working as a farm wife. She was a member or First Lutheran Church in Glenville and the Neighborhood Charity Club. Gladys enjoyed traveling, having breakfast and playing cards with friends. She also enjoyed family camp at the farm, going on fishing trips, county and state fairs, attending art classes and feeding and watching birds.
Survivors include her children Sandra (Steve) Hanson and Dean (Sue) Westrum; grandchildren Darren (Jenny) Hanson, Joel Hanson, Tim (Jodi) Westrum, Angie (Josh) Lair, and Jerry (Tanya) Westrum; great-grandchildren Brooke, Callie, and Caleb Hanson, Lara, Bryn and Nora Westrum, Talin Tuchtenhagen, Henry Westrum, Tyler and Brady Lair; sister Edna (Duane) Fenske and sister-in-law Betty Granholt.
Gladys was preceded in death by her parents; husband Harold of 66 years; and grandson Phillip Westrum; father and mother-in-law, Victor and Olive Westrum and brother, Palmer Granholt.
Memorials are preferred to First Lutheran Church in Glenville, Red Cross or State Services for the Blind.
Gladys died Friday, April 25, 2014 at ThorneCrest Retirement Center.
Gladys Bernice Westrum was born on October 4, 1925 in Fargo, ND to Peder H. and Signe M. (Moe) Granholt. Gladys grew up in the Glenville area and attended Glenville School. On November 2, 1946 Gladys was united in marriage to Harold V. Westrum at the Hayward Parsonage. Gladys enjoyed working as a farm wife. She was a member or First Lutheran Church in Glenville and the Neighborhood Charity Club. Gladys enjoyed traveling, having breakfast and playing cards with friends. She also enjoyed family camp at the farm, going on fishing trips, county and state fairs, attending art classes and feeding and watching birds.
Survivors include her children Sandra (Steve) Hanson and Dean (Sue) Westrum; grandchildren Darren (Jenny) Hanson, Joel Hanson, Tim (Jodi) Westrum, Angie (Josh) Lair, and Jerry (Tanya) Westrum; great-grandchildren Brooke, Callie, and Caleb Hanson, Lara, Bryn and Nora Westrum, Talin Tuchtenhagen, Henry Westrum, Tyler and Brady Lair; sister Edna (Duane) Fenske and sister-in-law Betty Granholt.
Gladys was preceded in death by her parents; husband Harold of 66 years; and grandson Phillip Westrum; father and mother-in-law, Victor and Olive Westrum and brother, Palmer Granholt.
Memorials are preferred to First Lutheran Church in Glenville, Red Cross or State Services for the Blind.
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