Gladys VanVickle

Gladys VanVickle, age 87, of Pillager, died Tuesday morning at the Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM Saturday, at the Assembly of God Church in Pillager with Rev. Robert Osell officiating. Interment will be in Wildwood Cemetery at Pillager. Friends may call from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Friday at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter and for one hour prior to Services at the Church on Saturday.
Gladys F. VanVickle was born on December 9, 1917, in Lone Tree Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry R. and Emma A. (Woldt) Kuhlman. She was called from this life Tuesday morning at the Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd, MN. She had attained the age of 87 years, 3 months, and 6 days.

Gladys grew up near Raymond, MN, and attended country school there. As a teenager her family moved to the Pillager area. After her schooling she stayed at home to help take care of her sisters after her mother died. On August 21, 1937, she was united in marriage to Orville VanVickle in Pillager, MN. To this union 2 children, Evelyn and Raymond, were born. Gladys and Orville were able to celebrate 38 years together before he died in 1975. After their marriage she stayed at home to be a mother, helpmate, and homemaker. After Orville died Gladys went to work at Madden?s Resort in housekeeping until she retired. She entered Woodland Village in November of last year.

Gladys was a member of First Baptist Church in Pillager where she was active in many groups and functions. She loved to crochet, especially afghans and quilts, garden, and take care of her African violets and houseplants.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Emma; her husband, Orville; and 2 sisters, Dorothy Schumacher and Mabel Goble. Gladys is mourned in passing by her children, Raymond (Delores) VanVickle of Sauk Rapids, MN, and Evelyn Vogel of Pillager; 5 grandchildren; 7 step-grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; one great, great grandchild; and a sister, Dora Bolton of Elbow Lake, MN.