Sylvia Kay Glaspie

Services will be Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Runge Mortuary. Visitation will be Wednesday from noon until the service, at the mortuary. Her final resting place will be in Fairmount Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may go to the family or King’s Harvest Pet Rescue No Kill Shelter. Online condolences may be left at www.rungemortuary.com.

Sylvia was born May 11, 1944 in Newton, IA. She was the daughter of Lawrence and Opal (McCumber) Meador. She married John D. Glaspie on June 26, 1976 in Davenport.

She worked as a unit secretary, (known as the “Saint”) at Genesis East for 32 years, retiring in 2005. Family meant the world to Sylvia. She had a heart of gold and always put other’s needs ahead of her own. She enjoyed attending family reunions, going fishing and watching her Vikings play football.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, John, Davenport, children: Brian (Sharyl) Wheeler, Weston, WI and Bobbie (Angela) Wheeler, Davenport; grandchildren: Joshua (Tabitha) Wheeler, Benjamin (Sarah) Wheeler, Devin Mieritz, Kitiara Manker and Dustin Dahm all of Wisconsin; six great grandchildren; siblings: Jerry Meador, Pascagoula, MS, Susan (Robert) Caster, South Carolina, Richard (Mercy) Meador, Newton, IA and Dennis (Donna) Meador, Newton, IA along with numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.

In addition to her parents, Sylvia was preceded in death by sisters and spouses: Eva Sucko, Norma (Jim) Chevelle, Roberta (Roger) Stevens, Joan (Keith) Schultz and sister-in-law, Lois Meador.