Published: 11/15/04

WESTPORT — Gladys M. Bigelow, 96, died Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, at the Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown. Gladys was born Oct. 26, 1908, in Elizabethtown, the daughter of Gilbert and Sylvia (Collins) Lackey.

She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Raymond Fields of Westport; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gordon and Linda Bigelow of Westport and Spring Hill, Fla., and Roger and Bonnie Bigelow of Wadhams; six grandchildren, Danny Fields, Ricky Fields, Dawn Gay, Gordon Bigelow III, Scott Bigelow and Krista Bigelow; six great-grandchildren, Jennifer, Christopher and Covey Fields and Nathan, Jonathan and Anderson Gay; special friends, Sandy and Bernie Oliver; and several nieces and nephews. Her parents, husband Gordon, two brothers, Robert Lackey and Leroy Lackey, and two sisters, Viola Bond and Laura Smith, all died before her.

No calling hours will be held. A funeral service will be held at the United Church of Christ in Wadhams 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery in Wadhams. Donations in her memory may be made to the United Church of Christ in Wadhams or to the Wadhams Free Library, Westport, NY 12996. Arrangements are with W.M. Marvins Sons funeral home in Elizabethtown.

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