Glenda (Ramsey) Waldrop Gardner Mesler passed away at the home of her daughter in Missoula Montana after a stroke and a 6 month battle with lung cancer; April 2, 2002.
Glenda was 63 years and 10 months at the time of her death. She was born on June 2, 1938, in Little Rock Arkansas to Retha Alene (Armstrong)(1994) and Raymond Ramsey (1998), she was their only child. She was raised by her maternal grandparents Retha L. (Russell)(1989) and Glenn A. Armstrong (1983) in Kennett, Missouri, where she attended elementary school. She then moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri; to live with her aunt and uncle, Rush (1990) and Mildred (2000) Limbaugh Jr., where she attended and graduated from Central High School May 1955. She is the cousin of Rush Limbaugh III., radio talk host and David Limbaugh, author.
Sometime during the spring of 1955 she met and married Paul E. Waldrop. They eloped at Hernando, Mississippi. He was in the United States Air Force and later worked for Boeing, Inc. so they moved all around the country. Glenda always said she had lived in every state west of the Mississippi and a couple on the east.
Talents, she could play the piano and organ. She was very artistic drew, painted and enjoyed ceramics. She loved animals and at one time she own a skunk, a spider monkey, um-teen number of mice, rats, birds, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish, dogs, cats and horses. She liked to bowl, drive dragsters, build cars, play Bingo, collect owl figurines, beanie babies, and surf the web on EBay. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and being in the Big Sky Country.
Glenda worked on and off at the Deconess/Benefis Hospital for over 30 years as a Nurse's Assistant and for a brief time she quit and worked for an insurance company, did some home care, but always went back to the hospital and caring for others, then she retired the same year as her stroke.
She is survived by her four children; William (Irene) Gardner of Tucson, Arizona, Paula Waldrop-Gardner of Louisville, Kentucky, Carolyn (Timothy) Highwood of Great Falls, Montana, Stephani (Troy) Noble of Missoula, Montana, her husband and companion Eugene "Whitey" Mesler and 6 step-children. At the time of her death she had 7 grandchildren and one great-grand son.
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"What Cancer Cannot Do"
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.
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Glenda was 63 years and 10 months at the time of her death. She was born on June 2, 1938, in Little Rock Arkansas to Retha Alene (Armstrong)(1994) and Raymond Ramsey (1998), she was their only child. She was raised by her maternal grandparents Retha L. (Russell)(1989) and Glenn A. Armstrong (1983) in Kennett, Missouri, where she attended elementary school. She then moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri; to live with her aunt and uncle, Rush (1990) and Mildred (2000) Limbaugh Jr., where she attended and graduated from Central High School May 1955. She is the cousin of Rush Limbaugh III., radio talk host and David Limbaugh, author.
Sometime during the spring of 1955 she met and married Paul E. Waldrop. They eloped at Hernando, Mississippi. He was in the United States Air Force and later worked for Boeing, Inc. so they moved all around the country. Glenda always said she had lived in every state west of the Mississippi and a couple on the east.
Talents, she could play the piano and organ. She was very artistic drew, painted and enjoyed ceramics. She loved animals and at one time she own a skunk, a spider monkey, um-teen number of mice, rats, birds, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish, dogs, cats and horses. She liked to bowl, drive dragsters, build cars, play Bingo, collect owl figurines, beanie babies, and surf the web on EBay. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and being in the Big Sky Country.
Glenda worked on and off at the Deconess/Benefis Hospital for over 30 years as a Nurse's Assistant and for a brief time she quit and worked for an insurance company, did some home care, but always went back to the hospital and caring for others, then she retired the same year as her stroke.
She is survived by her four children; William (Irene) Gardner of Tucson, Arizona, Paula Waldrop-Gardner of Louisville, Kentucky, Carolyn (Timothy) Highwood of Great Falls, Montana, Stephani (Troy) Noble of Missoula, Montana, her husband and companion Eugene "Whitey" Mesler and 6 step-children. At the time of her death she had 7 grandchildren and one great-grand son.
One of Mom’s Favorites: ?HelpMeMakeItThroughTheNight ?
"What Cancer Cannot Do"
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.
Author: Unknown
For My Mother:?Thinkingabout you ?
I Love You Mom: ?And I Love You So ?
Thinking of you: ?Youwillneverbeforgotten ?
Glenda (Ramsey) Waldrop Gardner Mesler passed away at the home of her daughter in Missoula Montana after a stroke and a 6 month battle with lung cancer; April 2, 2002.
Glenda was 63 years and 10 months at the time of her death. She was born on June 2, 1938, in Little Rock Arkansas to Retha Alene (Armstrong)(1994) and Raymond Ramsey (1998), she was their only child. She was raised by her maternal grandparents Retha L. (Russell)(1989) and Glenn A. Armstrong (1983) in Kennett, Missouri, where she attended elementary school. She then moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri; to live with her aunt and uncle, Rush (1990) and Mildred (2000) Limbaugh Jr., where she attended and graduated from Central High School May 1955. She is the cousin of Rush Limbaugh III., radio talk host and David Limbaugh, author.
Sometime during the spring of 1955 she met and married Paul E. Waldrop. They eloped at Hernando, Mississippi. He was in the United States Air Force and later worked for Boeing, Inc. so they moved all around the country. Glenda always said she had lived in every state west of the Mississippi and a couple on the east.
Talents, she could play the piano and organ. She was very artistic drew, painted and enjoyed ceramics. She loved animals and at one time she own a skunk, a spider monkey, um-teen number of mice, rats, birds, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish, dogs, cats and horses. She liked to bowl, drive dragsters, build cars, play Bingo, collect owl figurines, beanie babies, and surf the web on EBay. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and being in the Big Sky Country.
Glenda worked on and off at the Deconess/Benefis Hospital for over 30 years as a Nurse's Assistant and for a brief time she quit and worked for an insurance company, did some home care, but always went back to the hospital and caring for others, then she retired the same year as her stroke.
She is survived by her four children; William (Irene) Gardner of Tucson, Arizona, Paula Waldrop-Gardner of Louisville, Kentucky, Carolyn (Timothy) Highwood of Great Falls, Montana, Stephani (Troy) Noble of Missoula, Montana, her husband and companion Eugene "Whitey" Mesler and 6 step-children. At the time of her death she had 7 grandchildren and one great-grand son.
One of Mom’s Favorites: ?HelpMeMakeItThroughTheNight ?
"What Cancer Cannot Do"
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.
Author: Unknown
For My Mother:?Thinkingabout you ?
I Love You Mom: ?And I Love You So ?
Thinking of you: ?Youwillneverbeforgotten ?
Glenda was 63 years and 10 months at the time of her death. She was born on June 2, 1938, in Little Rock Arkansas to Retha Alene (Armstrong)(1994) and Raymond Ramsey (1998), she was their only child. She was raised by her maternal grandparents Retha L. (Russell)(1989) and Glenn A. Armstrong (1983) in Kennett, Missouri, where she attended elementary school. She then moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri; to live with her aunt and uncle, Rush (1990) and Mildred (2000) Limbaugh Jr., where she attended and graduated from Central High School May 1955. She is the cousin of Rush Limbaugh III., radio talk host and David Limbaugh, author.
Sometime during the spring of 1955 she met and married Paul E. Waldrop. They eloped at Hernando, Mississippi. He was in the United States Air Force and later worked for Boeing, Inc. so they moved all around the country. Glenda always said she had lived in every state west of the Mississippi and a couple on the east.
Talents, she could play the piano and organ. She was very artistic drew, painted and enjoyed ceramics. She loved animals and at one time she own a skunk, a spider monkey, um-teen number of mice, rats, birds, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish, dogs, cats and horses. She liked to bowl, drive dragsters, build cars, play Bingo, collect owl figurines, beanie babies, and surf the web on EBay. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and being in the Big Sky Country.
Glenda worked on and off at the Deconess/Benefis Hospital for over 30 years as a Nurse's Assistant and for a brief time she quit and worked for an insurance company, did some home care, but always went back to the hospital and caring for others, then she retired the same year as her stroke.
She is survived by her four children; William (Irene) Gardner of Tucson, Arizona, Paula Waldrop-Gardner of Louisville, Kentucky, Carolyn (Timothy) Highwood of Great Falls, Montana, Stephani (Troy) Noble of Missoula, Montana, her husband and companion Eugene "Whitey" Mesler and 6 step-children. At the time of her death she had 7 grandchildren and one great-grand son.
One of Mom’s Favorites: ?HelpMeMakeItThroughTheNight ?
"What Cancer Cannot Do"
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.
Author: Unknown
For My Mother:?Thinkingabout you ?
I Love You Mom: ?And I Love You So ?
Thinking of you: ?Youwillneverbeforgotten ?
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