1913
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2009
C. Gladys Elwood
February 26, 1913 — July 16, 2009
SHELDON - C. Gladys Elwood, age 96, passed away Thursday evening July 16, 2009 at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans with her family at her side.
She was born February 26, 1913 in Bakersfield (Egypt), VT the daughter of the late George & Etta (Safford) Britch.
Gladys was born and raised on the Britch family farm in Egypt. On September 28, 1931 she married Ira P. Elwood and they farmed in Sheldon for many years. She also was a prep cook and pastry cook for 25 years at the Dairy Center in Enosburg retiring in 1989.
Gladys enjoyed gardening, crocheting, knitting collecting porcelain dolls, making dolls, and traveling having taken trips to Graceland, Florida, Prince Edward Island, and Colorado. She loved to Joke with people and she always looked forward to going to the Sheldon Casino for Sunday Brunch with her family.
She is survived by her children, Shirley Hogaboom and her husband Robert of Sheldon, Lester Elwood of Castleton and his wife Ellen of Rutland, Dale Elwood and his wife Louise of Highgate, and Deborah St. Onge of Richford; 12 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and 8 great great grandchildren; and a special friend, Pat St. Marie of Sheldon. Besides her parents, Gladys was predeceased by her husband, Ira P. Elwood on November 18, 1991; 2 daughters, Esther & Louisa Elwood; 2 grandsons, Robert Hogaboom, and Frederick Mathieu; 2 great grandsons, Ryan & Shane Langmaid; 2 sisters, Naomi Beyor, Gwendolyn Austin.
Funeral services will be held Monday July 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls with Pastor Patrick Hoadley officiating. Interment will follow in the North Fairfield Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be held Sunday evening from 6-9 at the Spears Funeral Home in Enosburg Falls.
For those who wish, contributions in Gladyss memory may be made to the Enosburgh Ambulance Service, 83 Sampsonville Rd., Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 or to the Northwestern Medical Center - Palliative Care Program, ATT: Community Relations Office, 133 Fairfield St., St. Albans, VT 05478.
She was born February 26, 1913 in Bakersfield (Egypt), VT the daughter of the late George & Etta (Safford) Britch.
Gladys was born and raised on the Britch family farm in Egypt. On September 28, 1931 she married Ira P. Elwood and they farmed in Sheldon for many years. She also was a prep cook and pastry cook for 25 years at the Dairy Center in Enosburg retiring in 1989.
Gladys enjoyed gardening, crocheting, knitting collecting porcelain dolls, making dolls, and traveling having taken trips to Graceland, Florida, Prince Edward Island, and Colorado. She loved to Joke with people and she always looked forward to going to the Sheldon Casino for Sunday Brunch with her family.
She is survived by her children, Shirley Hogaboom and her husband Robert of Sheldon, Lester Elwood of Castleton and his wife Ellen of Rutland, Dale Elwood and his wife Louise of Highgate, and Deborah St. Onge of Richford; 12 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and 8 great great grandchildren; and a special friend, Pat St. Marie of Sheldon. Besides her parents, Gladys was predeceased by her husband, Ira P. Elwood on November 18, 1991; 2 daughters, Esther & Louisa Elwood; 2 grandsons, Robert Hogaboom, and Frederick Mathieu; 2 great grandsons, Ryan & Shane Langmaid; 2 sisters, Naomi Beyor, Gwendolyn Austin.
Funeral services will be held Monday July 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls with Pastor Patrick Hoadley officiating. Interment will follow in the North Fairfield Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be held Sunday evening from 6-9 at the Spears Funeral Home in Enosburg Falls.
For those who wish, contributions in Gladyss memory may be made to the Enosburgh Ambulance Service, 83 Sampsonville Rd., Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 or to the Northwestern Medical Center - Palliative Care Program, ATT: Community Relations Office, 133 Fairfield St., St. Albans, VT 05478.
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