Gladys
Person, 93
Thief
River Falls - Gladys Person, 93, died Saturday,
March 31, 2001 at the CNC unit of Northwest Medical
Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
serv 
ices
will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 5, at
Black River Lutheran Church, rural St. Hilaire,
with Rev. Galen Sylvester officiating. Ruthie
Mosbeck was the organist. Casketbearers were Tom
Scholin, Gene Mosbeck, Leroy Jensen, Jeremy Jensen,
Arlo Scholin and Tom Kays. Interment will be in
Black River Cemetery in Polk Centre township of
Pennington county.
Visitation
will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today (Wednesday,
April 4) at Green Funeral Home in Thief River
Falls. Visitation will also be held for one hour
prior to services at the church.
Gladys
E. Person was born on July 21, 1907 in Bray
township of Pennington county, the daughter of
Christoffer and Hulda (Akerlund) Person. She was
baptized and confirmed at Black River Lutheran
Church. She grew up and attended a country school
in Pennington county. Following her education,
Gladys helped her father on the family farm where
she continued to live until 1985 when she retired
and moved into Thief River Falls. In July of 2000,
she moved to the CNC unit of Northwest Medical
Center.
She
enjoyed gardening, crocheting, quilting, working
with flowers and vegetables, the outdoors and
watching wildlife and children at play.
Gladys
is survived by several cousins.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; a sister,
Hazel; and three brothers, Conrad, Clarence and
Marvin. A00003B2000AP04
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