Gladys Eifert

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Gladys Mae Eifert, 93, of Chaffee passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born April 14, 1923, in Albion, Illinois, to the late Lawrence and Lena Stennett Day. She was the second of 12 children.

Gladys graduated from high school in Ridgeway, Illinois, in 1941. During World War II, she worked as a clerk-typist at the Evansville, Indiana, shipyard.

She married Paul Eifert Jr. on Sept. 22, 1945, in Morganfield, Kentucky.

Gladys was a life member of the Cape Girardeau Disabled American Veterans and VFW Auxiliary Post 3127 in Chaffee, where she was president for 17 years. She was a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid in Scott City.

She is survived by her children, Ronald (Phyllis) Eifert of Chaffee, Alice (Steve) Schultz of Eads, Tennessee, and Diana (Robert) Felker of Jackson; 11 grandchildren, Rebecca Bekkenutte of Manchester, England, Rachel Baker of Indianapolis, John Weinrich of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Ron Eifert of Sikeston, Missouri, Tina Berghoff of Chaffee, Craig Pennington of Kelso, Missouri, Ryan Pennington of Chaffee, Kyle Schultz of Roscoe, Illinois, Alissa Fowler of Arlington, Tennessee, Curtis Felker of Cape Girardeau and Shannon Young of Boulder, Colorado; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Eifert; two daughters, Barbara Weinrich and Anita Pennington; her parents; two brothers; and two sisters.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Online condolences may be shared at www.amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.