Gladys Boone

Gladys Mae Boone was�born on January 2, 1912, in Woodbine, Iowa to Merritt�and Esther (Rasmussen) Madison. Gladys grew up on a farm near Woodbine, Iowa and later moved to Council Bluffs, where she attended and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School, in 1930. She worked in a clerical position with a moving company and then as an insurance office clerk in Omaha. Gladys was joined in marriage with John Boone on February 22, 1936. The couple settled near Woodbine, eventually buying a farm and raising their family. John died on February 11, 1989, after 53 years of marriage.

Gladys died on Sunday, August 30, 2009, in Keizer, Oregon at the age of 97 years, seven months, and 28 days.

Gladys was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Boone; and brother and sister-in-law, Roland and Eunice Madison. Gladys is survived by her two sons, Milton Boone and his wife Ella of Salem, Oregon, Doug Boone and his wife Christine of Kalamazoo, Michigan; four grandchildren, Jim Boone and his wife Cheryl, Scott Boone and his wife Rebecca, Ed Boone, and Kate Boone; two great grandchildren, Devon Boone and Heather Boone; and many other relatives and friends.�