
- April 7, 1919 - July 12, 2012
- Iowa City, Iowa
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Glendora L. Nattress, 93 of Iowa City died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at River Community Church in Iowa City. Burial will be at a later date in Milford, Iowa. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in her memory. Online condoelnces can be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com.
Glendora Lenore Hudson was born April 7, 1919, in Wessington Springs, SD, the daughter of William and Johanna (Siegmund) Hudson. She was united in marriage to Cedric Nattress on September 1, 1934, in Sisseton, SD. Cedric died in 1945, and later in 1949 she moved with their family from Milford, Iowa to Iowa City. Here she worked for the University of Iowa Hospitals for many years retiring in the mid 1990's. She was a charter member of Bethany Baptist Church, now River Community Church. She was very active in her church as a leader of the Pioneer Girls, served as financial secretary, and numerous other ways she was involved. She loved her family and friends dearly, and in spite of her age, was very computer savvy, including being on Facebook!
Her family includes two daughters, Eldora Marshall (Harold) of Elkhorn, NE; and MaryEtta Chapman of Iowa City; 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren; her sister, Delores Dyer of Cokato, MN; and her brother, Garland Hudson (Maryln) of Pharr, TX.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; 2 daughters, Jeanette Nattress and DeVonna Keith; son, Larry Nattress; brother, Darrell Hudson; and her granddaughter, Nikki.
Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Services is caring for Glendora's family and her arrangements.