Gloria Romer Corning

Gloria (Sanchez) Romer, 68, of Corning died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at Pearson Family Funeral Service and Cremation Center, 701 Seventh St., in Corning. The Rev. Andrew Bardole will officiate. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery in rural Corning. Memorials may be directed to the family to be determined. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Gloria (Sanchez) Romer, daughter of Frank T. and Consuelo (Vasquez) Sanchez, was born Dec. 18, 1947, in Grand Island, Nebraska. Gloria attended school in Grand Island and later received her G.E.D.

On March 18, 1967, she married Kenneth Romer at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota. Gloria then moved to Corning, where she was a homemaker while her children were young. She then worked for Breadeaux Pizza until 1992, Heinz Patient Lift until 2001, local ASCS and various other jobs until her retirement.

Gloria is survived by her husband Kenneth of Corning; daughter Michelle (Burton) Roberts of Corning; sons, Jack and Brent Romer of Corning; grandchildren, Kendra, Kiara and Ayden; sisters, Theresa (Abe) Esquitin of Grand Island, Nebraska, Linda (Gary) Kelly of Whitewright, Texas, Veronica (Bill) Burks of Grand Island, Nebraska, and Lori Livingston of Grand Island, Nebraska; brothers, Frank Sanchez Jr. and Ruben (Sonya) Sanchez, all of Grand Island, Nebraska; mother-in-law Neta Romer of Corning; sisters-in-law, Reta (Gary) Ditsworth of Panora and Kathy (Arch) Roberts of Ackworth and many other relatives and friends.

Gloria was preceded in death by her parents, sister Rita and father-in-law Harold Romer.