Gladys K Chapman

Gladys K. Chapman Obituary

Gladys K. Chapman, 99, a resident of McCrea Manor, died there at 12:40 AM Saturday. She was born in Hartville June 26, 1897, and had lived in Alliance most of her life.

She attended Kent State Normal School and Canton Business College. She retired from the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services as manager of the claims department in 1967.

She was a member of First Christian Church and its King Helpers Sunday school class, Order of the Eastern Star 296, American Legion Post 166 Auxiliary, AARP, Daughters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a Gold Star mother of the Legion.

Survivors include a daughter, Marjorie Merryman of Melbourne, Fla.; sons Charles of Alliance, Paul of North Canton, Robert of Mesa, Ariz., and Warren of Churnee, Ill., 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were two sons, Kenneth and Richard, two granddaughters and a grandson.

Services will be at 1 PM Thursday at Cassaday-Turkle Christian Funeral Home with Bill Spangler officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11:30 AM until the time of the service Thursday. (12-9-96)