Individual Details

Death

Gloria C. Gimse, 87, of Paynesville died on Wednesday, Jan. 12, at her home after an extended illness. Memorial services will be held on Friday, Jan. 21, at 11 a.m., at the Stanchfield Baptist Church in Stanchfield, Minn. Burial will be in the spring in the Rice Lake Cemetery, Braham, Minn. A visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 20, at the Daniel-Anderson Funeral Home in Paynesville and one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Gloria Christine Troolin was born on March 10, 1923, to Andrew and Annie (Larson) Troolin in Stanchfield, Minn. Gloria graduated from Braham High School in 1942. Following graduation, she worked at East Central Electric Company in Braham and as a nurses' aid at the Midway Hospital in St. Paul before attending Lee's Beauty School in St. Paul. After graduation from Lee's Beauty School in 1944, she worked at Dumont's House of Beauty and for many years, managing the shop. On May 11, 1946, she married Donald "Peter" Mattson. Donald died on March 11, 1984. Gloria married Kermit Gimse on May 26, 1990, in Spicer. Gloria is survived by her husband, Kermit; step-daughters, Kryss Gimse (fiance Bill Grant) of Willmar, Jeanne Jennum (Richard) of Anoka, Ann Furr (Jeremy) of Jeffersonton, Va., and Deb Hoyt (Jeff) of Otsego; nine step- grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Peterson, Marilyn Johnson, Rose Ann Nickel, and Ruth Carlson; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Gladys Pearson; and brother, Donald Troolin.