Gladys Conklin, age 72 of Dalton, passed away on Monday, February, 6, 2023.
Visitation for Gladys will take place on Friday, February 17, 2023 at Cornerstone Funeral and Cremation Services, 181 S. Main St., Markesan, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. A graveside service will follow at Greenwood Cemetery, town of Kingston.
Gladys was born July 30, 1950 to Ralph and Leola (Berry) Rambo in
Lady Lake, Florida. She graduated from J. R. E Lee High school 1968 in
Wildwood, Florida. She joined the Spark Level Missionary Baptist Church at an early age where she sang in the junior choir and was a faithful member. Gladys was united in marriage to Willie Conklin Sr., August 6, 1968. In 1968 she moved from Florida to Dalton Wisconsin. She worked on farm, school bus driver, McDonald, and many other jobs. Gladys would never run away from work, from working 2 jobs to driving to Madison for years, then found her calling at AMPI for 18 years, where she retired from. She lived in the same place for 55 years where she called it her home.
Gladys is survived by her son, Willie Conklin Jr.; grandkids, Derek Abitz, Tia Marie McWaters, Tyrell Conklin, Willie Lee (Pam)Conklin Sr.; sisters, Dorothy Dixon, Willieva (Johnnie) Glover, Georgia Rambo, Lois (Jonah) Johnson all of Cherry Lake, FL., and Louise Griggs, Leesburg FL; sisters-in-law, Shirley Booker, Barbara Schmitt, Geraldine Conklin, Willie Mae Conklin; brothers-in-law, Henry Conklin Jr, William (Jean)Conklin, Herald Conklin, and a host of nieces and nephews, many, many loving friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Leola Rambo; sister, Victoria Rambo Lucas; and sisters- and brothers-in-law.
Cornerstone Funeral & Cremation Services in Markesan is honored to be serving the family.
"God saw her getting tired, and a care was not to be, so He put His arms around her and whispered 'come to me', with tearful eyes watched her suffer, and saw her slowly fade away, although we loved her dearly, we could not make her stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hardworking hands put her to rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best."