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Obituaries
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Aletha Glandon
Age: 90
City: Washington
Funeral Date
11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, Jones & Eden Funeral Home, Washington
Funeral Home
Jones & Eden Funeral Home
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Aletha Glandon
ALETHA LORENE GLANDON
Washington
Aletha Lorene Glandon, 90, of Washington, Iowa, passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at the United Presbyterian Home. Celebration of life services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Jones & Eden Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Cluney officiating. Calling hours will begin at noon Thursday, Feb. 18, at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Interment will be held at Elm Grove Cemetery. A general memorial has been established. Online condolences may be sent for Aletha's family through the web at www.jonesfh.com.
Aletha was born Sept. 28, 1930, in Washington County, Iowa, the daughter of Loren S. and Cecile A. (Shrader) Horton. She graduated from Muscatine High School. Aletha was united in marriage to Robert Dale Glandon on March 5, 1950, in Washington, Iowa.
Aletha worked as a bookkeeper for Glandon Sinclair and the Washington Evening Journal and was a part-time clerk for Country Market. She was a member of the First Christian Church and was active in CWF.
She is survived by her son, Terry Glandon and wife Jean of Washington, Iowa; son, Gary Glandon and wife Nancy of Washington, Iowa; daughter, Connie Owens and husband Rick of Ainsworth, Iowa; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband in 2014; grandson, Von Glandon; great-granddaughter, Hannah; and infant brother, Loren Eugene.