Gladys Mae Horina

April 12, 1919 - May 19, 2014

Gladys Mae Horina of Cadillac passed away Monday afternoon, May 19, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Cadillac. She was 95. She was born on April 12, 1919 in Cadillac to Lawrence A. & Jennie (Sundberg) Peck. Gladys had lived all of her life in the Cadillac area and graduated from Cadillac High School in 1937. On November 30, 1940 in Cadillac she married Joe Horina and he preceded her in death on June 23, 2007. Mrs. Horina had been employed at the Cadillac Area Public Schools for 15 years working in the lunch program and the bills payable office until retiring in 1983. She had also served on the South Branch Township Board for 47 years. She enjoyed going to bingo in Wellston and the Tuesday morning coffee club and was active with the Council on Aging for 19 years. For many years she was a member of the Clayhill Christian Church in Hoxeyville. Survivors include her children: Tom (Jennifer) Horina of Wellston and Judy (Jerry) Schimke of Manistee; 9 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild; a "brother†Don (Hilma) Lamphere of Cadillac. In addition to her parents and her husband she was preceded in death by a sister, Marie Wolf and a daughter, Cindy Horina. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, May 22, 2014 at the Peterson Funeral Home in Cadillac with Don Lamphere officiating. Burial will be at Banker Cemetery in Hoxeyville. Friends may meet the family from 4-7 PM on Wednesday at the funeral home. An online guestbook is available at www.petersonfh.com.