Gladys Millen

GLADYS MILLEN

Cedar Rapids

Gladys L. Millen, 91, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at Hallmar in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. Steven Knudson officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will take place at Prairie View Cemetery in Gilman.

Surviving are three children, Allen (Joan) Millen of Cedar Rapids, William Millen of Raleigh, N.C., and Thomas (Jean) Millen of Lilburn, Ga.; her grandchildren, Ida (Scott) Haggerty, Raymond Millen, Ann (Scott) Anderson and John (Deirdre) Millen; and her great-grandchildren, Danika and Addison Haggerty and Alice, Luke and Robert Anderson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard F. Millen; her parents and her siblings.

Gladys was born April 29, 1923, in Chicago, the daughter of Arvid G. and Agnes (Eliason) Lindberg. Before her marriage, she worked at the Continental Bank in downtown Chicago. She was united in marriage to Richard F. Millen on Feb. 15, 1945, in Chicago. She moved to Cedar Rapids with her family in 1963. After seeing her boys off to college, she returned to work, holding jobs at Penick & Ford, Iowa Electric and Lawrence Press, all in Cedar Rapids.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church and, for many years helped the First Lutheran Comfort Makers prepare and send off hundreds of quilts to family shelters and children's homes in Iowa, and to overseas missions.

As a mother, she nurtured her boys with all the love and care that one could imagine, and we all loved her for it.

Memorial donations may be directed to First Lutheran Church, 1000 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 (put "Comfort Makers" on the memo line) or, if you prefer, to your local food bank.

Condolences may be left to the family at www.cedarmemorial.com under Obituaries.