Gladys LaFrance

Gladys Opal LaFrance, 88, an Olney resident, went to be with her Lord on Dec. 1, 2007.

Gladys was born May 16, 1919, in Kalispell. She moved to California in 1952 and attended nursing school to become a licensed vocational nurse. She worked in Southern California and in the San Francisco Bay area. She then worked at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., for 30 years.

Gladys returned to Olney in 2002, where she resided next to first, second, third and fourth cousins. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Mamie Viola (Barsby) Toney, and her father, Warren W. Toney, and by her husband, Donald B. Dickerson.

She is survived by her daughter, Myrtis Bray, in Olney; her son, Richard LaFrance, in Nevada; grandchildren Michael Dickerson, in Olney, Deborah Chapman, in California, and Juanita Winters, in Texas; three great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.

Memorial services will be Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at 1 p.m. at the Whitefish Church of God, with Rev. Larry Lauterette officiating.

Inurnment will take place Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at 2 p.m. at the Whitefish Cemetery under the direction of the Austin Funeral Home in Whitefish.Barbara Shryock