Gladys Louise Landen, 83, of Moline died January 7, 2005 at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at Bethany Baptist Church, Moline. Visitation will be from 5-8 Monday at Esterdahl Mortuary, Ltd. 6601-38th Ave., Moline. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery, Moline. Memorials can be designated to Bethany Baptist Church, Moline or Christian Friendliness Association.
Gladys was born August 16, 1921in Galesburg, IL to David B. and Tillie L. Johnson Landen. She graduated from Moline Senior High School in 1939 and Northwestern Bible School, Minneapolis, MN in 1951.
Gladys worked at John Deere Harvester, East Moline. She also worked at Princeton Childrens Home, Princeton, IL and twenty-four years at Baptist General Conference, Arlington Heights, IL retiring in 1983.
Gladys was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, Moline. In Chicago she was a member of Edgewater Baptist Church. She did volunteer work at Christian Friendliness food pantry and at Trinity Hospital.
SURVIVORS
Sisters Doris L. ( Arnold) Anderson Moline
Ollie Mae Landen Moline
Many cousins
Special Friend Marjorie Nelson Youngstown, OH