Gladys Selma McGruder, 94, of Medina, ND, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2016 at her home.<\/p>\n
Gladys was born April 18, 1922, the daughter of Andrew and Bessie (Olson) Gilbertson, on the family farm north of Medina. She graduated from Tappen High School in Tappen, ND and taught rural schools for 8 years.\u00a0 Gladys married Morris McGruder on December 27, 1943 at St. Mathias Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, ND.\u00a0 They lived on a farm 4 miles east of Medina for 57 years.\u00a0 She was an employee at the Medina Post Office for 32 years. \u00a0\u00a0Morris died on February 17, 2007. Gladys loved gardening.\u00a0 She and Morris would always stop working to host visitors whenever they would come to their home.<\/p>\n
Gladys was a member of St. Mary\u2019s Catholic Church, Medina.<\/p>\n
She is survived by nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Gladys was the last of the Gilbertson children and was preceded in death by her husband; parents; five sisters; and two brothers.<\/p>\n
Mass of Christian Burial:<\/strong>\u00a0 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at St. Mary\u2019s Catholic Church, Medina, with Father Jerome Hunkler officiating.<\/p>\n Visitation:<\/strong> 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown.<\/p>\n Interment<\/strong>: Medina Cemetery, Medina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gladys Selma McGruder, 94, of Medina, ND, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2016 at her home. Gladys was born April 18, 1922, the daughter of Andrew and Bessie (Olson) Gilbertson, on the family farm north of Medina. She graduated from Tappen High School in Tappen, ND and taught rural schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106538,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106537\/revisions\/106538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}