GLADYS VIOLA EVENSON

March 2, 1919 - September 30, 2014

Gladys Viola (Bjergum) Evenson, age 95 of Spring Grove, passed away Tues. Sept. 30, 2014 at Gundersen Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove. She was born March 2, 1919 in Black Hammer Twp., rural Spring Grove to Martin and Tilla (Flaten) Bjergum. She was baptized and confirmed in the Black Hammer Lutheran Church. Gladys attended a country school which she had to walk a long ways across fields. On Dec. 8, 1939 she married Timan H. Evenson. Timan passed away at an early age of 57, June 10, 1966. Gladys was a loving mother and grandmother, and enjoyed being a homemaker. She went to work at Mansfield Industries, where she worked for a few years. She always had a dream of becoming a nurse, so she worked for many years in the nursing profession at Tweeten Lutheran Hospital. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a lifelong member of Spring Grove. Gladys is survived by one daughter Janis Anderson Olson of Hudson, WI, and a son Donald (Darlene) Evenson of Minneapolis, MN Grandchildren Bruce (Debra) Anderson of Hudson, WI, Tim (Angie) Evenson, Kelly (Scott) Mayhew of Minneapolis. Great-grandchildren Cory (Kim) Anderson of New Richmond, WI, Jared D. Anderson and Kayla M. Anderson both of Hudson, WI, Brayden and Katelyn Evenson of Minneapolis, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her grandson Robert D. Anderson, three brothers Elmer, Rueben, Maurice and sister Belinda (Laverne) Holland A special thank you to niece Eloyse (Kenny) Guilluame for all the trips to Mom when we were unable, and a great-niece Deanne Holland for all her visits, and all the relatives who visited her. May God richly bless the remembrance of Gladys and all who knew and loved her. “God saw her getting tired, and a cure was not meant to be. So he put his arms around her and whispered, Come with me.”