Gladys M. Mayfield

Gladys Meyer Mayfield, 93, of Rockford, IL passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020. Gladys was born on July 16, 1927 to Anton and Hilda Meyer. She grew up on a dairy farm in Spring Grove, IL. She graduated from Richmond High School and moved on to begin her chosen profession, nursing. Gladys graduated from St. Anthony’s School of Nursing in Rockford. She married W. Roger Mayfield in April 1950.

Gladys’s nursing career brought her many opportunities and much joy. She worked in industrial nursing at Twin Disc Clutch Company, school nursing at Boylan Catholic High School and in the North Boone School District, public health at the Winnebago County Health Department, mental health at Singer Zone Center as well as teaching nursing at Swedish American Hospital. She loved being a nurse and was very proud of her profession.
Gladys loved to bowl and golf. She loved to garden and be outside. Gladys and Roger were active members in the Independent Order of Foresters, the PTA of St. James, and the Booster Club of Boylan Catholic High School.

Gladys is preceded in death by her loving husband, Roger; her brother, Alan and her sister-in-law, Rosemarie Meyer and her parents.

Gladys is survived by her daughters, Patricia Nudera and Cynthia (Doug) Zeivel; her sisters, LaVerne (Robert) Miller, Elizabeth (Robert) Christensen and Joan (Donald) Buchert; her grandchildren, Annie (James) Ryan, Shannon Nudera and Megan (Mikel) Gabrielson; her great grandchildren, Alice, Archer, and Greta Gabrielson.

Due to Covid-19, services will be private and a Celebration of Life and Mass will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please donate to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center Foundation/ School of Nursing, play a round of golf, make someone smile, pop some popcorn, plant some flowers, tell someone you love them, be kinder than is necessary. Life is still good, she’d say. She leaves it to us. Share online condolences at www.fitzgeraldfh.com.