Arrangements are with the Dougherty Funeral Home of Hibbing. Ellen Holly, the groundbreaking actress, who became the first Black actress to star in a soap opera, when she played Carla Gray on ABC’s One Life to Live, has died at 92. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Lutheran Church of Hibbing: 2201 3rd Avenue East, Hibbing, MN, 55746. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery of Hibbing. Visitation will be from 9:00 am until the 11:00 am funeral service at the church on Saturday. Griffiths, parents, Rome and Ellen Scofield, 4 brothers, Butch, Ray, Richard and Melvin Scofield, son-in-law, Art Skahl, daughter-in-law, Patricia Griffiths, sister-in-law, Donna Scofield, and her special friend, Carl Peltola.įuneral services for Gladys will be 11:00am, Saturday, Septemat First Lutheran Church in Hibbing. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Katherine Olson, husband, John F. ![]() She is survived by her brother-in-law, David Olson, Fosston, MN, her children, Barbara (Van) Bautch, Side Lake, MN, Mary (Duane) Maki, Hibbing, MN, Mike Griffiths, Hibbing, Ellen Skahl, LaFayette, TN, Robert (Sherie) Griffiths, Hibbing, and Steve (Maureen) Griffiths, Elk River, MN, siblings, Agnes Eddy and Irene Hardy, both of Hibbing, Faye (Ralph) Schmidtke, New Hope, MN, and Shirley Hugger, Hibbing, 19 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren, 4 sisters-in-law, Shirley Scofield, Hibbing, Fran Scofield, Bear River, MN, Margaret Scofield, Foley, MN, and Esther McKenzie, Hoyt Lakes, MN, and many nieces and nephews. Gladys also got great enjoyment while spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Gladys loved her yard, and gardening, especially flowers. She was also a member of the Swandale Ladies Club. You would find her at the church serving in various ways well into her 90’s. Gladys was a lifelong active member of First Lutheran Church in Hibbing. She retired after 20 years at Red Owl in Hibbing and moved on to volunteering another 20 years at the hospital with the Ladies Auxiliary. Gladys was a hard worker, whether it was raising her children, working in her garden, baking, or berry picking. They were married on Novemand were blessed with 7 children, 4 girls and 3 boys. Gladys returned to Minnesota where she worked at Ace Hardware and met John Griffiths. The oldest daughter of 9 children, she graduated from Hibbing High School, and moved to Seattle, WA with 5 friends to work for Boeing Aircraft during WWII. She was born Januto Rome and Ellen Scofield in Hibbing. Web.Gladys Ellen Griffiths, 95 ½, lifelong resident of Hibbing went home to Jesus on Saturday, Septemat Home Sweet Home in Hibbing. ↑ Death: Digger Victorian death index cdrom ISBN 0731153022 F= George Vicker, M= Christina King Reg.She was a homemaker and attended the Middleport Church of Christ. ![]() Born Februin Ross County, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Evelyn Sigler Might, who survives in Middleport. ![]()
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