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Gladys Ann WRIGHT

Word (Decatur) Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

September 17, 1938 - March 2, 2008

*Obituary
Decatur Herald
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Gladys Ann Wright, 69, of West Siloam Springs, Okla., died of cancer Sunday, March 2, 2008.

She was born Sept. 17, 1938 near Glenvil, Neb., to Heye and Anna Eihuesen Buhr. She attended Glenvil Public School. She married Thomas J. Wright on June 2, 1955. She was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on April 21, 1953 in Hastings, Neb. She entered full-time ministry on May 1, 1979 and continued for 28 years. She and her husband enjoyed serving in the International Construction of Branch Offices of Jehovah's Witnesses. They spent five months in Honduras, South America and our months in Patterson, New York. She was a seamstress and enjoyed flowers, gardening, crafts, hobbies, antiques and teaching about the Bible.

She was preceded in death by two daughters, Ellen Trueblood and Gail Aycox, four brothers and three sisters. Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Thomas J. Wright; one daughter, Eileen Tyler of Decatur, Ark.; one brother, Raymond Buhr of Omaha, Neb.; and four granddaughters.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, March 15, at the Bentonville Kingdom hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Hwy. 102, west of Bentonville.

Contributed on 11/20/12 by wfields55
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Submitted: 11/20/12 • Approved: 1/30/24 • Last Updated: 2/2/24 • R785389-G785389-S3

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