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Gladys DeLong Dies Thursday

Funeral Services were held Monday, April 1, for Gladys Lucille DeLong, 68, who died at the Clarke County Public Hospital on Thursday, March 28, 1974. The Rev. George V. Neal conducted the 2 p.m. funeral from the Webster-Kale Funeral Home in Osceola. Interment was in Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola.

Gladys Lucille Delong was born February 22, 1906, in Decatur County, Iowa, daughter of Roy Hall and Mary Sales Hall. She attended schools in Weldon and was married to Leonard D. [sic] (Peck) Delong in Ottumwa on October 1, 1927. Four children were born to this union.

She was a life time resident of this area and worked as a cashier at the Osceola Hy-Vee Store. She was affiliated with the Christian church.

Survivors include son Darrell DeLong and wife, Betty of Osceola; daughter Alice June Mason and husband Danny of Osceola; son, Richard DeLong and wife, Louella of Osceola; and daughter Dixie Lee Binns and husband John of Osceola; 14 grand children; eight great grandchildren; one sister Bess McLain of Osceola; three brothers Ralph Hall of Waterloo; Robert Hall of State Center and Olin Hall of Washington D. C.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Neil and Burdette; and one sister in infancy.

—Published in the Osceola Tribune, Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa on Tuesday, April 2nd, 1974, p. 8

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