Gloria Gesina Ford

Gloria Gesina Ford, age 93 of Cherokee, IA, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee. Memorial services will take place at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Mike Agnew will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until service time on Wednesday, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. A separate visitation will take place from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at the Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa, IA. A private family burial will be held at the Antioch Cemetery in Anamosa, IA with Pastor Kathyrn Newhall officiating. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, IA and the Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa, IA are assisting the family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Camp Courageous. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfunerall.com.

Gloria Gesina Stadtmueller the daughter of Edward J. and Louise Balster Stadmueller was born April 30, 1931, in Monticello, IA.

 She attended Cass Center Township #4 School and Anamosa High School, graduating in 1949. On October 17, 1953, Gloria was united in marriage to Harold Clair Ford in Kirksville, MO. Gloria worked at Maquoketa Valley REC, was a bookkeeper for Ford Electric, and a rental property manager for several property owners.

Gloria was a member of St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Cherokee, IA, and member of United Women of Faith. She was an active volunteer at Camp Courageous of Iowa in rural Monticello, IA since its start in 1972. She volunteered at the Grant Wood Gallery in Anamosa for 30 years, Was involved with the children’s school and other organizations. In 2005 she received the “9 Who Care Award” and in 2006 participated in the Jefferson Awards in Washington, DC. Gloria also received Volunteer Hall of Fame and Senior Outstanding Volunteer of East Central Iowa United Way awards in 2016. In her free time, she enjoyed crocheting and other crafts and reading and most of all spending time with family.

On Sunday, August 18, 2024, Gloria passed away at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee, IA, at the age of 93. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold in 1989; parents, Edward and Louise Stadmueller; daughter, Sandy Pingel in 2020; brother, James Stadtmueller; father and mothers-in-law, Hollis and Jenni Ford.

She is survived by her children, Michael (Janiece) Ford of Hiawatha, IA, and Blake P. (Judy) Ford of Ely; and son-in-law, LeDen Pingel of Cleghorn, IA; grandchildren, Rebecca Mosbach of Cherokee, IA, Amy (Cody) Clinton of Lake Jackson, TX, and Daniel (Renee) Pingel of Ankeny, IA; great-grandchildren, Matthew, Kathleen, Michael, and Owen Mosbach, and Stella Clinton; as well as other relatives and friends.