Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 13, 1957
page 5

Cancer Claims Gladys West; Rites Pending

Mrs. Gladys West, 51, of 2808 SW 34, died Friday night at an Oklahoma City hospital. She had suffered from cancer since January.

Rites will be announced by Smith & Kernke funeral home, and will be sometime Monday.

Born Jan 13, 1906, at Bailey, Mrs. West spent most of her life in Oklahoma. She had lived in Oklahoma City 29 years, and for 10 years had been an employee of the Continental Baking Co., in the cake department.

She was a Baptist.

Among the survivors are a son, Joe Thompson, of the home; three brothers, Ed Bell, Rush Springs; Ira Bell, Little Rock, Ark., and Rufus Bell, Norman; three sisters, Mrs. Cleo McAllister, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Annie Jones, Wichita Falls, and Mrs. Lottie Slaton, Phoenix, Ariz., and two granddaughters.

 

Contributed by Marti Graham, December 2003. Information posted as courtesy to researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.