Services for Marlene Carol Gleue, 83, Lawrence, are pending at this time. Inurnment will be in the Aliceville Kansas Cemetery.
Mrs. Gleue died Monday, February 19, 2018, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar in Lawrence.
She was born April 21, 1934, on the family farm in rural Labette County, the daughter of Albert D. and Mildred Ruth Hornback Quathamer. She graduated valedictorian from Erie High School in 1952 and achieved a degree from Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas attending from 1952-1955.
Mrs. Gleue was an elementary school teacher, spending most of her career shaping the young minds of first and second graders. She was very artistic and enjoyed crafting, drawing and painting. She was also an exceptional seamstress, making wedding gowns, coats, and other types of clothes for family and friends.
Marlene married Erwin Emil William Gleue June 5, 1960 in Humboldt, Kansas. He died December 15, 2016.
Survivors include two sons, Alan Gleue and wife Kelly of Lawrence, Kansas, Mike Gleue and wife Dr. Lois Wilkins of DeSoto, Kansas; daughter Janelle Gleue Taylor and Husband Todd of Independence, Kansas; a sister, Dollie Couch and husband Norvelle; grandchildren, Casey Gleue and wife Haley, Ryan Gleue, Marshall Rawley, Adam Taylor and wife Margaret, Nicole Taylor and Justin Lytle, Kyle Taylor and Kitrina Miller, and Ursula Logan.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence Kansas Healthcare Center, sent in care of the funeral home.
