Gladys Gloria Guthmiller

Funeral services for Gladys Gloria Guthmiller will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Gillette, Wy with Pastor Jared Tucher officiating. Visitation will be from 4 pm to 7 pm Friday, October 11, 2013 at Gillette Memorial Chapel . A second visitation will be held Monday, October 14, 2013 from 4 to 7 pm at Goglin Funeral Home in Tripp, SD with a prayer service to follow.Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Grace Hill Cemetary in Tripp, SD. Gladys Gloria Guthmiller entered the Kingdom of Heaven on October 8, 2013 after a sudden illness. She was surrounded by her family. She was 82.Gladys was born to Arthur and Regina (Neugebauer) Sperlich on a farm west of Parkston, S.D. on September 19, 1931. She was raised on the family farm her parents purchased in 1942. Gladys was the oldest of three girls. The girls helped with the building up of the farm and the farm work that went along with that.After completing the 8th grade, she went to work as a nanny and extended family caregiver to help the family financially. Gladys met John Guthmiller Jr in the late 1950's at Charlotte and Maynard Fredericks' wedding in Parkston, S.D. Her loving and caring nature landed her at nursing school in Mitchell, S.D. where she received her LPN degree. Upon completion of school, Gladys got a job in Minneapolis as a nurse so she and Jr. dated long distance.Gladys and Jr. were married at St. John's Lutheran Church at Hillside, west of Dimock, S.D. Jr. got a job in the oilfield in Wyoming which brought them to Gillette. Three children were born to this union; Kathy, Lyle, and Lila.Gladys continued nursing in Gillette at Dr. Hoadley's clinic and Pioneer Manor Nursing home, where she eventually retired. Her hobbies included oil painting, drawing, cake decorating, quilting with her friends at Trinity Lutheran, spending time on the Sperlich farm in S.D., and spending time with her family and grandchildren. Gladys was known for her delicious cakes and good cooking and baking.Gladys is survived by her husband, John (Jr.) of Gillette, her children Kathy (Craig) Stricker of Buffalo, WY, Lyle Guthmiller of Denver, CO, and Lila Guthmiller of Gillette, WY, six grandchildren, Misty (Matt) McBroom of Buffalo, WY; Tiffany (J.D.) Songer of Buffalo, WY; Shannon (Alex) Wade of Kenosha, WI; Jordanne (Anthony) Miller of Gillette, WY; and Mikaela Stricker of Quincy, CA; and eleven great-grandchildren; her sisters Marian Neugebauer of Gillette, WY, Carol (Marvin) Neugebauer of Hermosa, SD; and numerous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her parents, her mother-n-law and father-n-law, six brothers-n-law, and two sisters-n-law.Donations may be made to Hospice of Buffalo, WY in Memory of Gladys Guthmiller. Condolences may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West Fifth Street, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website at www.gillettememorialchapel.com. Funeral Home:Gillette Memorial Chapel210 West Fifth Street Gillette, WYUS 82716