Funeral services for Gladys Hemiller, 93, of Springfield, Minnesota, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, September 28, 2015, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jeffers, Minnesota. The church is located at 202 North Deaver.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2015, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., at LaCanne Family Funeral Service-Jeffers Chapel, located at 210 Woodman Street. Visitation will also be held from 12:20 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the church the day of the funeral service.
LaCanne Family Funeral Service of Windom, Minnesota, is handling the funeral arrangements.
Gladys passsed away on Thursday evening, September 24, 2015 at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield.
Gladys Lillian Hemiller, daughter of Otto and Emma (Ebert) Siemsglusz, was born in Bingham Lake, Minnesota on January 6, 1922. She was baptized and confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran Church at Mountain Lake, Minnesota. She received her education from a country school in Delton Township and later at DeLyer Beauty School in Fairmont, Minnesota.
On November 5, 1942, Gladys was united in marriage to Floyd Hemiller in Miami, Florida. She worked at a beauty shop in Florida until Floyd went overseas with the United States Army during World War II. Gladys returned to Minnesota and worked at a beauty shop in Windom. After Floyd was discharged from the army, they farmed east of Jeffers. In 1980, they moved into Jeffers, where she resided in her home until 2014. Following a fall in her home she resided in Valley View Manor Nursing Home in Lamberton, Minnesota, for four months at which time she moved into the Maples Assisted Living at Springfield. Due to a fall. she was taken to St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield.
This marriage was blessed with four children, Eileen (Jim) King of Windom; Judy Ripley of Luverne, Minnesota; Connie (Alan) Mattison of Belmond, Iowa and Roger (Darla) Hemiller of Jeffers.
Gladys and Floyd spent 20 years wintering in Arizona where they enjoyed spending time with friends, dancing and playing cards. Floyd passed away in 1996. Gladys continued wintering in Arizona until 2006. She was an active member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Jeffers and the Jeffers Senior Citizen Center where she enjoyed playing cards and scheduling the events. Gladys enjoyed weekly trips to the casino in Flandreau, South Dakota.
Gladys is survived by her children, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Floyd; sisters, Clara (Rhiney) Schucknecht, Esther (Walter) Schucknecht, Hulda (Elmer) Meyer and Alma (Jacob) Meier; brothers, Art Siemsglusz and Edward Siemsglusz and son-in-law, Roger Missling.
