Gladys Valerie TALBOT

STANTON, Gladys Valerie (nee Talbot) Left this life for her heavenly reward, on October 6, 1999 from Windsor Regional Hospital-Western Campus at age 87 years. She will be greatly missed by her son Kenneth Richard, 2 grandchildren, Aaron Michael and Ruth Elizabeth, their mother Joan Pepper and her former husband Kenneth Joseph. She is also survived by a sister Dorothy and her husband Everett Ball (Windsor) and 2 brothers Andrew and his wife Margo (Windsor) and Lyle and his wife Marietta (Kelowna, B.C.). Predeceased by 3 sisters Elsie Alexander, Mary Elizabeth (Bette) Talbot, and Luella White and a brother George Talbot. Born in Dresden, Ontario, she lived most of her life in Windsor attending Tuscarora and Mercer Street Schools, Windsor Collegiate and W.W. Technical School. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, Windsor for 75 years, serving as a Sunday School Teacher, Choir Member, Deaconess and Missionary Society President. She was also Treasurer of the Amherstburg Regular Missionary Baptist Association Missionary Group from 1966-1978. At age 12 she began working as an elevator operator at the Prince Edward Hotel, then at C.H. Smith's Department Store. She was employed as a clerk typist at Harper Hospital Detroit for 10 years and retired from Grace Hospital after 15 years. Friends will be received at Janisse Brothers Funeral Home, 1139 Ouellette Ave., (253-5225) on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. and Friday 2-5 & 7-9 p.m. A transfer will be made on Saturday to First Baptist Church, 710 Mercer St., Windsor at 10 a.m. where family will receive friends until time of service at 11. Interment Victoria Memorial Cemetery. The family requests that donations in her memory be made to her favourite charity, The AIDS Committee of Windsor. A tree will be planted in memory of Gladys Valerie Stanton, in the Janisse, Marcotte, Melady Memorial Forest. A dedication service will be held in Oct. 2000. All are welcome.(The Windsor Star)