Individual Details

Gladys Eliza Mae Cable

(April 29, 1913 - August 18, 1991)

Gladys was the only child of William and Mary Fries Cable. Both parents had children from their previous marriages. The Cables lived mainly on the family farm in Pleasant Grove. Gladys won awards in high school for painting and dramatic performances. She attended the Iowa teacher's college and a business college in Des Moines. After finishing school she was a stenographer in Mason City. At 24 she married Faber Miller and they had 2 sons. In 1947 Gladys had a stroke that left her with limited speech and some paralysis. The local newspaper in her hometown has a continual record of Gladys's social life: hosting this, attending that. She was a 'social butterfly' and attended and hosted for family, friends, in-laws until her very senior years. She lived to age 78 and is buried with her husband at Rose Hill Cemetery in Greene, Iowa

Events

BirthApril 29, 1913Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
Census1915Pleasant Grove, Floyd, Iowa, United States
Census1920Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Census1925Pleasant Grove, Floyd, Iowa, United States
Census1930Pleasant Grove, Floyd, Iowa, United States
Residence1932YWCA, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Residence1933Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Residence1935Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States
MarriageJune 8, 1937Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, United States - William Faber Miller
Census1940Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States
Widow1957
ResidenceNovember 30, 1960Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States
ResidenceJanuary 18, 1961Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States
Residence1990Eagle Point Nursing Home, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States
DeathAugust 18, 1991Eagle Point Nursing Home, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States
OccupationStenographer - Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States
BurialRose Hill Cemetery, Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States
EducationCapital City Commercial College, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseWilliam Faber Miller (1905 - 1957)
ChildFaber William Miller (1940 - 1992)
ChildLiving
FatherWilliam Smythe Cable (1852 - 1926)
MotherMary Elizabeth Fries (1878 - 1961)
SiblingJames Dewey "Doc" Lambert (1898 - 1988)
SiblingEwing Greenbury Lambert (1903 - 1941)

Notes

Birth

Gladys's Iowa delayed birth record has her birthplace in Iowa City.

Census

For a short time the Cables moved to Waterloo but returned to the farmhouse by 1925.

Residence

Gladys was a student at Capital City Commercial College in Des Moines and lived at the YWCA

Residence

Gladys was a student at Capital City Commercial College and lived at 325 58th in Des Moines, Iowa.

Residence

Gladys was a stenographer living at 204 N in Mason City, Iowa.

Marriage

Miss Gladys Cable and Faber Miller were married at Belvidere, Illinois on June 8, 1937. The bride was dressed in a white Congo cloth suit with brown accessories and the groom wore grey.

Census

In 1940 Faber is 35 and married to Gladys Cable also from Greene. They rent their home with two boarders. Faber is a barber with an annual salary of $721. Gladys is a stenographer with an annual income of $423.

Residence

In the local newspaper, Faber Miller called his mother Mrs Gladys Miller from Palo Alto, California on Thanksgiving Day.

Residence

In the local newspaper, Mrs. Faber Miller returned home last Thursday from Des Moines where she had spent several days with her mother, Mrs. Mary Cable. Mrs. Cable observed her birthday on January 9th and Mrs. Miller together with Mrs. H J Bottke of Hampton, helped her celebrate.

Endnotes

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5. United States Census 1920 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T625, Washington, D.C., FHL 1820478,Digital Folder 004965856, Image 00622 image 16 of 27.

7. United States Census 1930 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T626. Washington, D.C., FHL microfilm 2340390, digital folder 004950807, image 00406 (2 of 10).

8. Ancestry.com, US City, Phone, Address Directories (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1932 page 210 Des Moines IA.

9. Ancestry.com, US City, Phone, Address Directories (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1933 page 173 Des Moines IA.

10. Ancestry.com, US City, Phone, Address Directories (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1933 page 173 Des Moines IA.

11. Ancestry.com, US City, Phone, Address Directories (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1935 page 75 Mason City IA.

12. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1937 Jun 30, page 4 of 8, column 4 midway.

13. Illinois, , FHL 001914103 Digital folder 004539271 image 00312 (no image), , ; Database with images, FamilySearch.org ( : accessed ).

14. Ancestry.com, 1940 US Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Greene, Butler, Iowa; Roll: T627_1143; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 12-9.

15. Ancestry.com, U.S. Newspapers.com (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1960 Nov 30 page 6 of 10 column 3 top phone call.

16. Ancestry.com, U.S. Newspapers.com (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1961 Jan 18 page 4 of 8, column 3, midway.

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21. Ancestry.com, US City, Phone, Address Directories (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1932 page 210 Des Moines IA.

22. Ancestry.com, US City, Phone, Address Directories (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, n.d.), 1933 page 173 Des Moines IA.