Glenna was raised on a farm in the Garland area. She attended Bronaugh High School and graduated Class of 1945. For a time following high school Glenna taught in various one-room schools throughout Vernon County.
She then worked at Nevada State Hospital for 20 years as a teacher’s aide until her retirement. She enjoyed gardening, and attending athletic events with her family. Glenna attended Community Christian Church in Nevada where she taught Sunday School for many years. She cherished her faith, her family, and her friends.
Survivors include her children, Pam Kindred and her husband Jim, Kempton, PA, Monty Gordon and his wife Barbara, Moundville, Russ Gordon, Ft. Scott, Leah Carter and her husband Randy, Ft. Scott; seven grandchildren, Rebecca Reid and her husband Jake, Leah Kindred, Andy Gordon and his wife Shalene, Adam Gordon and his wife Alicia, Alex Gordon and his wife Morgan, Ashley Blight and her husband Jason, Nathan Carter and his wife Janelle; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Hazel Gulliford, Nevada, and Charlene Widmar, Franklin, KS; one brother, Clyde Bley, Moundville. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Lee Bley, and Marvin Bley; and an infant sister, Chelsea.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Community Christian Church in Nevada with Adam Gordon officiating. Interment will follow in Welborn Cemetery, Bronaugh. Friends may call from now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.
Those who wish may contribute in her memory to Community Christian Church in c/o Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, MO.
