at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House.
Her Celebration of Life service will be held Wednesday, August 21 at 5:00 pm
at Weerts Funeral Home, Kimberly and Jersey Ridge Road.
Glenda was born June 23, 1917 in Odin, Illinois to Maud and Otis Meredith. She grew
up on the family farm with her three siblings and graduated as class valedictorian
from Odin High School. During her long life she worked in retail, insurance, preeducation,
as an aide at Smart and Monroe Schools, and retired from the Rock Island
Arsenal. She was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church, the Putnam
Guild, volunteered for environmental clean-up with AMPS, and played bridge with the
same group for fifty years. She loved to travel and visited all fifty states and had
trips to Europe. She had special affection for the Florida Keys and northern Michigan,
but her heart was with her Iowa home. However, she always said,”my claim to fame
is my four college educated children and their college educated offspring with equally
rewarding and community building careers.”
She will always be remembered for bringing joy and laughter wherever she went. She
never met a stranger; the traditions she created will be carried on and the love she
gave will be everlasting.
Glenda was preceded in death by her husbands Herschel McClelland, Ted Cummings
and Werner Dohrmann. Those left to honor her memory include her children: Sue
(Bill) Holland of Elk Rapids MI, Karen (Bill) Schaeffer, Julie (Jerry) Coussens both of
Davenport, Rob (Yana Pate) Cummings of Key Largo FL; the children of Werner, Marcia
Lauren of St. Anthony MN, Keith Dohrmann of Des Moines, Denise (Bruce Brothers)
Dohrmann of Minneapolis MN, Dennis (Sherri) Dohrmann of Fairmont MN, Deanna
(Brian) Dohrmann of Woodbury MN; her grandchildren: Dan (Heather) Holland, Matt
(Sarah)Holland, Emily (Chris) Demmler, Brent (Michelle) Schaeffer, Melinda (Vince)
Westerhof, David (Ashley) Schaeffer, Blake (Yvonne) Schaeffer, Nathan (Lacey)
Cummings, Patrick J. (Farah) Cummings, Seth (Amanda) Coussens, Gabriel (Shelly)
Coussens, Tyson (Stacey) Coussens, Ella Coussens, Kaitlynn Knapp, Matthew
Dohrmann, Katy Kelley, Alex Giesen, Nick Giesen and 28 great-grandchildren. We are
grateful to the staff at Clarissa Clark Hospice Home for their kindness and gentle
care.
In lieu of flowers, please consider doing one or more of the following Glend arecommended
activities: take water aerobics for as long as you can (at least 95),
volunteer at a local school, walk the Lake Michigan beaches and pick up petoskey
stones, always vote, recognize that it is never to late to take up bridge or golf or
piano lessons, support environmental groups, brag about your children and
grandchildren, be open to friendship with all. She did all of these things and so can
we.
