OBITUARY: Gladys Mae Tantow, Worth County, Iowa



[ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ]
Friday, June 4, 1999


                       GLADYS MAE TANTOW

MANLY - Gladys Mae Tantow, 91, died Thursday (June 3, 1999) at the Manly
Nursing & Rehab Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 5, at Bethel United
Methodist Church, Manly, with the Rev. Robert Cumings officiating. Burial
will be at 1 p.m. at Clear Lake Cemetery.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 East
Spring St., Manly, and one hour prior to the service at the church Saturday.

The family of Gladys Mae Tantow has requested that memorial contributions
be made to Bethel United Methodist Church or to Manly Nursing & Rehab Center
in her memory.

Gladys Mae Tantow was born on Feb. 5, 1908, in Manly, the daughter of
Charles and Mary (Barta) Wise. She received her education in the Manly
school system. After completing her schooling, she helped her family on
the family farm.

She was united in marriage to Maynard Amos Tantow on Sept. 8, 1925, in Mason
City. He preceded her in death on March 30, 1987. After their marriage they
farmed together in the Manly area for 56 years until their retirement. After
their retirement they continued to live on the family farm.

Gladys enjoyed cats, gardening and flowers, but her great love and enjoyment
was her family and grandchildren.

Gladys was a kind and loving person and enjoyed helping people. She was a
Methodist by faith and a charter member of the Friendly Neighbor Club in
Hanlontown.

Left to cherish her memory are her two sons, Paul Tantow and his wife,
Maxine, of Mason City, and Charles Tantow and his wife, Evelyn, of Manly;
two grandchildren, Nancy Halfpap and her husband, David, of Cedar Rapids,
and Carol Hook and her husband, Jim, of Mesa, Ariz.; four great-grandchildren,
Jason and Joshua Halfpap, Todd Helland, and Kimberly Slezak and her husband,
Shawn; two great-great-grandchildren, Kelsey and Brianna Selezak; and other
relatives and friends.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter,
Mary Arlane Tantow, who died in infancy; and a brother, Glenn Wise.

Bride Colonial Chapel - (515) 454-2242





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