Obituary for Mary Louise Glamann
Mary Louise Glamann passed away on June 4, 2023, at her home in Copperstone Apartments, Derby, Kansas.
Mary is survived by her only living child, son Daryl Gene Glamann Jr. (wife Tum) of Derby; four grandchildren – Brian Glamann (wife Erin) of Wichita, Sara Cravens (husband Chris) of Wichita, Michael Glamann (wife Alexandria) of Parker, Co., and Toby Glamann (age 9) of Derby; and 8 great grandchildren, from oldest to youngest: Jayan Cravens, Dakota Hastings, Owen Glamann, Claire Glamann, Coltyn Cravens, Hannah Glamann, Addelyn Glamann, and Delaney Glamann. Mary was immensely proud of her family and was a loving and caring matriarch of the family. Mary is also survived by her sister Betty Eplee of Pleasant Valley, Mo. and ex-daughter-in-law and good friend, Kathy Bauer of Wichita. Mary was preceded in death by her sister, Roberta Rhodes, by her brother Dwight Dienst and by her husband of 53 years, Daryl Gene Glamann Sr. in 2004 as well as her soul-mate George Rebarcek in 2022. Mary also married Andy Dayton, since deceased.
Mary met Daryl when she was a “soda jerk” at a drug store in Kansas City and Daryl, just returning from the European theatre and Germany after WWII, walked in and ordered a soda dressed in his Army uniform. He saw a friendly and pretty young girl who made great sodas and she saw stars and stripes in her eyes. After dating, they eloped to St. Charles, Mo. to get married on August 9, 1949. Daryl and Mary had two sons who died shortly after birth - Daryl Lee & Stephen Eugene, both in 1950. Daryl, Jr. was born in 1953.
Mary loved to tell stories about her life as a city girl who was transformed into a farm girl after marrying Daryl and settling on a farmstead adjacent to his father’s farm in Atchison County Kansas. She pumped water from well to carry to the house, helped Daryl with chores, and learned to cook from her mother-in-law. After deciding that farming was not in his future, Daryl got a job at the Rockwell Atchison Foundry and then later moved to Wichita when he got a job at Boeing in 1956. In Wichita, Mary worked as a homemaker and as a meat wrapper at various Wichita grocery stores before taking an assembly job at Raytheon Aircraft from where she retired in 1997.
While living at Via Christi Georgetown Mary attended Sunday services with Temple Baptist church.
She loved traveling, bird watching, looking for deer on road trips, picnics, Applebee’s, and Coca-Cola. But most of all she loved her family and friends. She nurtured friends and was loved by all. She loved dancing and was a regular at Senior dances and enjoyed watching her great grandchildren play. She always wanted to treat everyone!
Her passing will forever leave a void in our hearts.
Funeral services will be held on June 17, 2023, at 10:00am at Smith Mortuary in Derby, Kansas.
Interment will be at Mulvane Cemetery.
Mary is survived by her only living child, son Daryl Gene Glamann Jr. (wife Tum) of Derby; four grandchildren – Brian Glamann (wife Erin) of Wichita, Sara Cravens (husband Chris) of Wichita, Michael Glamann (wife Alexandria) of Parker, Co., and Toby Glamann (age 9) of Derby; and 8 great grandchildren, from oldest to youngest: Jayan Cravens, Dakota Hastings, Owen Glamann, Claire Glamann, Coltyn Cravens, Hannah Glamann, Addelyn Glamann, and Delaney Glamann. Mary was immensely proud of her family and was a loving and caring matriarch of the family. Mary is also survived by her sister Betty Eplee of Pleasant Valley, Mo. and ex-daughter-in-law and good friend, Kathy Bauer of Wichita. Mary was preceded in death by her sister, Roberta Rhodes, by her brother Dwight Dienst and by her husband of 53 years, Daryl Gene Glamann Sr. in 2004 as well as her soul-mate George Rebarcek in 2022. Mary also married Andy Dayton, since deceased.
Mary met Daryl when she was a “soda jerk” at a drug store in Kansas City and Daryl, just returning from the European theatre and Germany after WWII, walked in and ordered a soda dressed in his Army uniform. He saw a friendly and pretty young girl who made great sodas and she saw stars and stripes in her eyes. After dating, they eloped to St. Charles, Mo. to get married on August 9, 1949. Daryl and Mary had two sons who died shortly after birth - Daryl Lee & Stephen Eugene, both in 1950. Daryl, Jr. was born in 1953.
Mary loved to tell stories about her life as a city girl who was transformed into a farm girl after marrying Daryl and settling on a farmstead adjacent to his father’s farm in Atchison County Kansas. She pumped water from well to carry to the house, helped Daryl with chores, and learned to cook from her mother-in-law. After deciding that farming was not in his future, Daryl got a job at the Rockwell Atchison Foundry and then later moved to Wichita when he got a job at Boeing in 1956. In Wichita, Mary worked as a homemaker and as a meat wrapper at various Wichita grocery stores before taking an assembly job at Raytheon Aircraft from where she retired in 1997.
While living at Via Christi Georgetown Mary attended Sunday services with Temple Baptist church.
She loved traveling, bird watching, looking for deer on road trips, picnics, Applebee’s, and Coca-Cola. But most of all she loved her family and friends. She nurtured friends and was loved by all. She loved dancing and was a regular at Senior dances and enjoyed watching her great grandchildren play. She always wanted to treat everyone!
Her passing will forever leave a void in our hearts.
Funeral services will be held on June 17, 2023, at 10:00am at Smith Mortuary in Derby, Kansas.
Interment will be at Mulvane Cemetery.