Gladys D. Geesey

Gladys D. Geesey, 84, of Delaware, died Sat­ur­day morn­ing (Oct. 13, 2012) at her residence.

She was born March 31, 1928, in Pow­ell, to the late Ver­non and Blanch (How­ell) Dud­ley. She was a home­maker and had lived in Delaware since 1961, com­ing from Colum­bus. Gladys was a lov­ing wife, mother, grand­mother, great-grandmother and a fos­ter par­ent to many. Gladys enjoyed arts and crafts, wood­work­ing, pot­tery, restor­ing and mak­ing carousel horses and cook­ing and bak­ing for her fam­ily. Gladys in her day was a strik­ingly beau­ti­ful woman and con­sid­ered an icon of fash­ion, espe­cially for her red boots. She was a prac­ti­cal joker but not all of her prac­ti­cal jokes were funny, and she would scare the day­lights out of her chil­dren and grand­chil­dren. Gladys would hunt mush­rooms and enjoyed camp­ing espe­cially at Forked Run Campground.

She is sur­vived by her hus­band of 54 years, George Geesey, whom she mar­ried April 5, 1958 in Colum­bus; a daugh­ter, Phyl­lis (Anthony Sr.) Amato of Delaware; grand­chil­dren, Deedee Cochenour, Melissa (Michael) Young, Anthony Amato Jr., Lau­rie (Matthew) Moore, Daniel (Nicole) Cochenour II, Tiffany (Reyes) Mar­tinez, and John­nie Cochenour; 14 great-grandchildren; sis­ters, Hope Combs of Xenia, Dolly (Ray) Jones of Colum­bus, Sandy (Ernie) Gre­gory of Olathe, Colo., and Bev­erly Wat­son of Cal­i­for­nia; and numer­ous nieces and nephews.

She was pre­ceded in death by a son, Daniel Cochenour, on Oct. 14, 2006; broth­ers, William and Damon; and sis­ters, Betty Hill, Vir­ginia Smith, Ann Arroyo and Jean Dudley.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tues­day at the Sny­der Rod­man Funeral Cen­ter, 1510 W. William St. at Val­ley­side, Delaware, where ser­vices will be held at 11 a.m. Wednes­day with the Rev. Gary Under­wood offi­ci­at­ing. Inter­ment will fol­low in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to Home­Reach Hos­pice, 561 W. Cen­tral Ave. Delaware, OH 43015. Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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