Gladys Stenberg, 89 Hastings - Gladys Wilhelmina Stenberg, 89, known to everyone as Grandma Honey, died on July 14, 2004 in Hastings, exactly one month short of her 90th birthday. A private service will be held for the immediate family, after which Gladys will be buried next to her husband in Greenwood Cemetery. Gladys Severson was born in St. Hilaire on August 14, 1914, to Elsie and Albert Severson. The family moved to Thief River Falls during her school years, and Gladys graduated from Lincoln High School in 1931. She married Otto Stenberg, also of Thief River Falls, in 1935. Otto and Gladys were well-known members of the Thief River Falls community for many years through their active participation in the congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church, through their ownership of the East-Side Superette and the local Red Owl supermarket, through Otto's years of service as a Pennington County Commissioner, through their support of the Union Lake Association and through their many friendships with other members of the Thief River Falls business community. Survivors include one daughter, Marilyn Stenberg Thompson of Hastings; one son, Richard Stenberg of New York City, N.Y.; two grandsons and two great-grandchildren. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband in 1988, by two brothers, Harry and Earl Severson, a sister, Alice Brolin, and her son-in-law, Rev. David Thompson. A00003B2004JL28

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