Gladys May Remaly

      Gladys May Remaly, 96, of Burlington, died at 6:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, 2000, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.

      The funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, in the chapel of the Hass Funeral Home in Burlington with the Revs. Maurice Moore and Tyrone Henderson officiating. Visitation will be after 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, with the family present from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Old Stone Cemetery west of Sperry. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Sunnyside Avenue Baptist Church and the Burlington First Baptist Church.

      Mrs. Remaly was born June 10, 1909, in Memphis, Mo., the daughter of James Perry and Stella May Dulley Huffman. She married Archie Walter Ledbetter on Aug. 23, 1921, at Mt. Pleasant. Following a divorce, she married Horace Wilson Remaly in Monmouth, Ill., who preceded her in death May 19, 1976. A homemaker, she was a member of Sunnyside Avenue Baptist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. She loved flowers, wearing jewelry, shopping, baking, participating in church, needlework, and listening to Lawrence Welk music.

      Survivors include a son, Clifton Ledbetter of Mt. Pleasant; four daughters, Margaret M. Hinman of Cordova, Tenn., Thelma L. Hill of Burlington, Joyce M. Snyder of West Burlington and Sandra B. Hunter of Fort Madison; a sister, Elizabeth Burns of Galesburg, Ill.; 17 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, 28 great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, three sons, three brothers and three sisters.