OBITUARY: Gladys Womack Theis-Grube, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Posted Mar. 6, 2002 -- Mitchell County Press online -- www.mcpress.com]


                          Gladys Theis-Grube

Funeral services were held Saturday, March 2, 2002 at St. Peter Catholic
Church, New Haven, for Gladys Theis-Grube, age 95, formerly of New Haven.
Monsignor Stanley J. Hayek officiated. Interment was in the St. Peter
Catholic Cemetery. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, in charge of
arrangements. She died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002 at the Ninth St. Chautauqua
Home in Charles City.

Gladys was born May 7, 1906 in McCallsburg, IA the daughter of Pearl and
Olive (Wilden) Womack. She was educated in Howard County. Gladys worked
as a midwife in Howard and Mitchell Counties.

On Feb. 14, 1928 she married Gilbert M. Theis at St. Peter Catholic Church
in New Haven, IA. They lived their entire married life on a farm east of New
Haven until they retired to Osage and later moved to Charles City. On
Sept. 1, 1986, Gilbert passed away.

Gladys was united in marriage to John Grube on Oct. 1, 1995 in Charles City
where she continued to live until she moved to the Care Center on Oct. 30,
2001.

She enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking and raising chickens. She was active
in her church and community. Her biggest joy was her family and
grandchildren.

Gladys will be remembered for her active involvement in planning family
reunions.

Preceding her in death were her first husband, Gilbert M. Theis; her
parents; a son Norbert Theis; son-in-law Bill Goodale; four brothers
and six sisters.

Those that survive her include her husband John Paul Grube of Charles City;
four children, Mary Jensen and husband Melvin of Osage, Veronica Goodale of
Manly, George Theis and his wife Theresa of Plymouth, Margaret (Maggie)
Weber and her husband Larry of Charles City; daughter-in-law Nancy (Theis)
Hemann and her husband Gervase of Riceville; brother Jim Womack and wife
Gert of Riceville; sister-in-law Hazel Theis of Lansing, IA;
26 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren.





Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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