The funeral mass for Gladys M. Stephan will be Wednesday June 14, 2017 at 10:30 am in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with Rev Thomas Loomis officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Rochester. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the funeral home on Wednesday.

Mrs. Stephan, 96, of Rochester, passed away peacefully Friday June 9, 2017 at Samaritan Bethany.  Gladys was born March 6, 1921 in Fort Atkinson, Iowa to Chris and Agnes Hosting Schneberger. She graduated from Ft. Atkinson High School. After school she moved to Rochester, MN. and worked at the Samaritan Hotel where she met Arnold W. Stephan. They were married July 5, 1945. Arnold passed away in 1967.

Gladys worked at St. Marys Hospital for 20 years and volunteered for over 46 years. Gladys was a member  and volunteer of the American Legion Auxiliary and also a charter member of St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester. Gladys enjoyed visiting with family and friends. She loved to travel and often mentioned that she had been to 49 states. Visiting Alaska was on her to-do list.

Gladys is survived by her nieces and nephews, Jerry (Darlene) Stephan of Plainview; Tom (Corleen) Stephan of Owatonna; Gerald Dormady of Rochester; Kathleen (Marvin) Smith of Rochester; Janice (Loren) Poldervaard of Spring Valley, MN.; Bryan (Jacque) Dormady of Eldon, Missouri; and Dennis (Char) Dormady of Rochester. She is preceded in death by her parents, her sister, and her husband.

Memorials are preferred to the American Heart Association