Gladys Elmira LUNDBERG

1913 - 2017  (104 years)

• Name	Gladys Elmira LUNDBERG
  Birth	14 Feb 1913	Northwood, Worth, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota   [1]
  Death	12 May 2017	Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota   [2]
  Burial	Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota   [3]
  Person ID	I12258	bmds
  Last Modified	16 May 2020

  
  

  Family	Frank Boyd REESE,   b. 15 Oct 1903, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa d. 1994, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1933	Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
  Age at Marriage	Gladys : 20 years old | Frank : 29 years old.
  Children	3 sons
  	+ 1. Frank Lundberg REESE,   b. 12 Jul 1934, Minnesota (Age 89 years) + 2. Boyd Robert REESE,   b. 25 Jun 1937, Freeborn, Minnesota (Age 86 years)   3. Brian Charles REESE,   b. 7 Apr 1946, Freeborn, Minnesota (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F5084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Feb 1913 - Northwood, Worth, Iowa Marriage - 23 Apr 1933 - Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa Census - 1940 - Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota Death - 12 May 2017 - Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota Burial - - Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S7] 1940 US Census. [S4] Obituary. Memorial services for Gladys E. Reese of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11:00AM Monday, May 29, 2017 at Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea. Pastor Jamie Cameron will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service. interment will be in Graceland Cemetery.  Gladys Elmira Reese was born February 14, 1913 in Northwood, IA, in her parents’ home, to Ray and Jessie Lundberg. She attended Northwood Schools until the age of 6 then moved to Albert Lea, Minnesota.  In April 17, 1927 she was baptized by immersion along with her brother Lawrence at the First Baptist Church in Albert Lea because of the influence of one of her favorite Sunday school teachers, Mrs. Balch. She became a member of that church and on May 1 of that same year received "The Right Hand of Fellowship". On her 16th birthday her grandmother Pickle gave her a Bible. Many years later her son Boyd got a phone call from a lady in Washington State that had found this Bible on a closet shelf in a house that she had lived in with Brian and his family. She asked if she should mail it to Boyd and he was very glad to retrieve it and sent postage money for it to be sent back to him in Minnesota.  She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1933. She was Albert Lea’s first Homecoming Queen in the fall of 1932.  She married Frank Boyd Reese on April 23, 1933 in the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. Together they had three sons, Frank, Boyd and Brian.  She was a member of the First Methodist Church in Albert Lea and was active in mission circle there. She was also a member of Eastern Star and a study group in Albert Lea.  Gladys was employed at the Albert Lea High School cafeteria. In 1957 they relocated to Bothell, Washington where Frank was employed at Boeing Aircraft. While in Bothell she took several night classes at the University of Washington studying food services. She was manager of Bothell High School Cafeteria and worked summers at Camp Armac in food service.  They later traveled throughout the country in their motorhomes and settled in Lake Tahoe for quite a few years. She worked at Harrah’s in many different specialty areas. She is remembered by her family as an outstanding cook.  Gladys came back to Albert Lea to live June 16, 2007 and resided at Bancroft Creek Estates and a 101 went into the Good Samaritan Care Center.  She was preceded in death by her husband Frank of 60 years, parents and brothers Lawrence and Claude.  Three sons survive her; Frank L. (Jeanne) of Chaska, MN, Boyd (Jeanene) of Clarks Grove, MN, and Brian (Lilian) of Oliver B.C., Canada. There are 14 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 179761714.