Gladys Pfeiffer  Stillwater, Oklahoma Obituary

Gladys Pfeiffer

Gladys Marie Pfeiffer, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at her home in Glencoe, Oklahoma surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, August 9, 2019 at 10AM at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater with Father Robert Duck officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Garden. Pallbearers will be Gladys’ grandsons, Michael Meuggenborg, Ryan Meuggenborg, Matt Meuggenborg, Justin Sheets, Chad Sheets, and Colton Meuggenborg. Gladys was born July 13, 1941 in Birmingham, Alabama to John Acie and Eunice (Henry) Hopkins. She grew up in the Miami, Florida area. In 1957, she married Jerry Sheets, Sr., and was blessed with three wonderful children. After that union was dissolved, she found love again and married Jack Bays. She soon moved to the Stillwater/Perkins area in 1974 and began working for Mercury Marine in the shipping/receiving department until she retired. While in Stillwater, Gladys married the love of her life Charles Pfeiffer in 1993. They were blessed with 14 wonderful years until Charlie’s passing in 2007. When her health began to fail she moved to Yale, Oklahoma to be closer to her daughter. She was a longtime member of St. Francis Catholic Church. You could always find Gladys on the golf course meeting the challenge of such a refreshing sport that she thoroughly enjoyed. She loved spending time with her family and her canine companion, Lila Mae. She will be deeply missed and will always be remembered for her witty personality. Survivors include her children, Tammy Truitt and husband Justin of Yale, Oklahoma, Jerry Sheets, Jr. and wife Kim of Perkins, Oklahoma, and Cindi Anderson of Agra, Oklahoma; two sisters, Barbette Von Halle and husband Bob of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and Dolores Hopkins of Tennessee; one brother, Bill Hopkins; eight grandchildren, Michael Mueggenborg, Mandi Britton, Ryan Mueggenborg, Matt Mueggenborg, Amber Hutchinson, Chad Sheets, Justin Sheets, and Lily Sheets; 19 great-grandchildren; and a life-long high school friend, Annie Laurie Terminelli. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charlie; and three sisters, Wilhemina Blake, Virginia Cates, Christine Jones; and one brother, A.J. Hopkins . Family requests that memorial donations be made to Karman Legacy Hospice in c/o Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, 5106 N. Washington, Stillwater, Ok, 74075. Condolences may be sent to the family via an online guestbook at www.dightonmarler.com
July 13, 1941 - August 6, 201907/13/194108/06/2019
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Gladys Marie Pfeiffer, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at her home in Glencoe, Oklahoma surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, August 9, 2019 at 10AM at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater with Father Robert Duck officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Garden. Pallbearers will be Gladys’ grandsons, Michael Meuggenborg, Ryan Meuggenborg, Matt Meuggenborg, Justin Sheets, Chad Sheets, and Colton Meuggenborg. Gladys was born July 13, 1941 in Birmingham, Alabama to John Acie and Eunice (Henry) Hopkins. She grew up in the Miami, Florida area. In 1957, she married Jerry Sheets, Sr., and was blessed with three wonderful children. After that union was dissolved, she found love again and married Jack Bays. She soon moved to the Stillwater/Perkins area in 1974 and began working for Mercury Marine in the shipping/receiving department until she retired. While in Stillwater, Gladys married the love of her life Charles Pfeiffer in 1993. They were blessed with 14 wonderful years until Charlie’s passing in 2007. When her health began to fail she moved to Yale, Oklahoma to be closer to her daughter. She was a longtime member of St. Francis Catholic Church. You could always find Gladys on the golf course meeting the challenge of such a refreshing sport that she thoroughly enjoyed. She loved spending time with her family and her canine companion, Lila Mae. She will be deeply missed and will always be remembered for her witty personality. Survivors include her children, Tammy Truitt and husband Justin of Yale, Oklahoma, Jerry Sheets, Jr. and wife Kim of Perkins, Oklahoma, and Cindi Anderson of Agra, Oklahoma; two sisters, Barbette Von Halle and husband Bob of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and Dolores Hopkins of Tennessee; one brother, Bill Hopkins; eight grandchildren, Michael Mueggenborg, Mandi Britton, Ryan Mueggenborg, Matt Mueggenborg, Amber Hutchinson, Chad Sheets, Justin Sheets, and Lily Sheets; 19 great-grandchildren; and a life-long high school friend, Annie Laurie Terminelli. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charlie; and three sisters, Wilhemina Blake, Virginia Cates, Christine Jones; and one brother, A.J. Hopkins . Family requests that memorial donations be made to Karman Legacy Hospice in c/o Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, 5106 N. Washington, Stillwater, Ok, 74075. Condolences may be sent to the family via an online guestbook at www.dightonmarler.com

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Aug
08
Visitation
Thursday, August 08 2019
12:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Dighton-Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater
5106 North Washington
Stillwater, OK 74075
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Aug
09
Funeral Services
Friday, August 09 2019
10:00 AM
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
711 North Country Club Rd.
Stillwater, OK 74075
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Aug
09
Interment
Friday, August 09 2019
11:00 AM
Sunset Memorial Gardens
6500 S. Perkins Rd.
Stillwater, OK 74074
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