Thiessen, Gladys Derstine (1923-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Jun 16 p. 8

Birth date: 1923 Dec 22

text of obituary:

GLADYS THIESSEN

Gladys Derstine Thiessen, 79, of Hillsboro, Kan., died May 22, 2003, at Parkside Homes. She was born Dec. 22, 1923, to Clarence and Mamie Histand Derstine at Souderton, Pa.

On Aug. 20, 1944, she married Emil A. Thiessen at Fountainville, Pa.

She was an elementary school teacher. She belonged to Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church.

Survivors include her husband, Emil; a son, Lonnie of Wichita; a daughter, Jonelle Barkyoumb of Madison, Wis.; her stepmother, Esther Myers Derstine of Doylestown, Pa.; two brothers, Norman Derstine of Harrisonburg, Va., and Kermit Derstine of Denver; a sister, Beulah Fulmer of Lititz, Pa.; a stepbrother, Gerald Myers of Florida; two stepsisters, Lois and Fridea Myers, both of Doylestown; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church. Burial was in Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Cemetery.