GLADYS ANN (BIRCH) MYERS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON AUGUST 16,

2024 AT HER HOME IN GRIGGSVILLE, IL.

GLADYS ANN WAS BORN ON APRIL 7, 1936, AT HOME IN RURAL

GRIGGSVILLE TO THE LATE JESSIE RAYMOND AND HAZEL (CAWTHON)

BIRCH.

SHE ATTENDED BRUSH COLLEGE, A ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE, THROUGH

THE 7TH GRADE. FROM THERE, SHE ATTENDED GRIGGSVILLE SCHOOLS,

WHERE SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1954. SHE ATTENDED COLLEGE

AT WESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

GLADYS ANN MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART RICHARD ROARK

MYERS ON AUGUST 7, 1955, AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF

GRIGGSVILLE. THEY LIVED A LIFE OF LOVE AND BLISS FOR 69 YEARS AND

RAISED THREE CHILDREN: SUSAN (DR. BRADLEY) ROBERTS OF ALTON, IL;

GORDON (DR. THIAGO MOULIN) MYERS OF TAMPA, FL; AND STEVEN

(LORI) MYERS OF GRIGGSVILLE, IL. THEY ALL SURVIVE.

HER PRIDE AND JOY WAS HER FAMILY. GLADYS ANN HAD A STRONG

DEVOTION AND LOVE TO HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE WIFE,

MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER AND FRIEND. SHE DEARLY LOVED HER

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND SUPPORTING THEIR ACTIVITIES. SHE

FOLLOWED THEM AND ATTENDED THEIR ACTIVITIES FOR AS LONG AS SHE

WAS ABLE.

SHE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN BEING AN ACTIVE PART OF HER COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF EASTERN STAR FOR OVER 50 YEARS, CHAPTER EM

OF PEO FOR 66 YEARS AND THE NEEDLECRAFT CLUB, AND SHE WAS THE

FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE "PINK LADIES" FOR WOMEN WHO HA VE OR HAD BREAST CANCER.

BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HER CHURCH WAS ALSO INCREDIBLY

IMPORTANT TO GLADYS ANN. SHE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE

GRIGGSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY

SCHOOL, LED THE JUNIOR HIGH CHOIR AND WAS CHURCH TREASURER.

SHE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN MANY OTHER CHURCH COMMITTEES.

SHE GREW UP PLAYING THE PIANO. SHE LOVED HER LIFE ON THE FARM

WATCHING BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS. SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK

AND HOMEMAKER, AND SHE ALWAYS BELIEVED IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE

KIND TO PEOPLE.

IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN, GLADYS ANN IS SURVIVED

BY HER GRANDCHILDREN: EMILY (LANCE) MARTIN OF ST. Louis, MO;

CLAYTON (REGAN) MYERS OF O'FALLON, IL; KATHERINE (CONNOR) FRICK

OF DENVER, CO; JOSEPH MYERS OF GRIGGSVILLE, IL.; SARAH MYERS OF

DENVER, CO; JULIA MYERS OF SAN DIEGO, CA; JONATHON (HANNAH)

MYERS OF ORION, IL; MATTHEW (EMILY) MYERS OF ROYAL, IL; AND

MICHAEL MYERS OF GRIGGSVILLE, IL. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SIX GREATGRANDCHILDREN WITH A SEVENTH DUE TO ARRIVE ANY DAY: LOGAN,

CHASE, AND LYDIA MARTIN OF ST. Louis, MO; ADELE AND ROWAN

MYERS OF O'FALLON, IL; HALLIE MYERS OF ORION, IL; AND BABY FRICK

OF DENVER, CO. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, KAREN

MYERS OF ST. Louis, MO; AND ONE SISTER, LOIS PURDY OF SHABBONA, IL.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER BROTHER ROBERT L.

BIRCH AND HER SISTER MARIE (BIRCH) IFTNER.

SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY (AUGUST 18, 2024) AT GRIGGSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.  IN LEIU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO GRIGGSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OR TO GRIGGSVILLE CEMETERY AND SENT TO AIRSMAN-HIRES CHAPEL, BOX 513, PITTSFIELD, IL. 62363.