Opal Glider

WELLMAN ? Opal Grace Wade Glider, 97, of Hiawatha, formerly of Webster and Wellman, died Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in the Hiawatha Care Center.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman with the Rev. Moody Colorado officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until time of the service, Thursday at the church. A memorial fund has been established for Asbury United Methodist Church and Webster United Methodist Church. The Powell Funeral Home in Wellman is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Glider was born July 5, 1919, on her family?s farm in Iowa County, the daughter of Edd and Laura (Denison) Wade. She married Ralph Glider on March 30, 1940, in Marengo.

She attended Green Valley Country School, where she excelled in spelling. Recess was where she learned to crochet and embroider under the guidance of her teacher. She learned the value of hard work early. Upon their marriage, she and her husband began their lifelong love of farming. The love of her life was her husband, Ralph, and her great joy was spending time with and caring for her family. She worked hard and enjoyed farm life for 42 years. After retiring from their farm, the couple spent 16 years at their lake home in the Ozarks. Later they moved to Wellman and spent eight years renewing treasured friendships. They decided to move closer to family and moved to the Cedar Rapids area. She enjoyed baking and making her famous noodles, fishing, playing cards, gardening, sewing, reading, dancing with her husband, and traveling to 49 states. She was known as a giving and humble person who helped many people. She found strength in faith and family, and inspired and encouraged her family by her continuing presence and determination. She had a gracious smile and a quiet nature and was happiest surrounded by her family. She was proud of what she and her husband had worked to create that provided for their family.

Surviving are her daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Duane Munson of Cedar Rapids, Jean and Bob Bisinger of Marion, Shirley and Steve Knight of Solon, Kathy and Charles Ford of Lincoln, Missouri, and Sonja and Charles Wald of Greenwood, Missouri; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; two sisters-in-law, Hazel Kelley, and Doris Glider; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 72 years, Ralph; four sisters; one brother; one great-grandson; and one grandson-in-law.