Gladys Edna Schoffner

A memorial service for Gladys Edna Schoffner, age 89, of Newark, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 67 North Fifth Street in Newark with Rev. Martin P. Gehring officiating. Inurnment will take place in the summer at Poplar Fork Cemetery in Gratiot where Gladys will be laid to rest with her son, Michael.

Gladys was born October 16, 1934 in Newark, Ohio to the late Cecil Augustus and Thelma (Moore) Bowers. She passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at Embassy of Newark following a brief illness.

Gladys was a 1952 graduate of Hopewell High School. She retired from American National Can in June of 2001 where she was a clerk and bookkeeper in accounts receivable. A member of the AFL-CIO since 1975, she was Secretary/Treasurer for the Newark branch for several years. Gladys was a faithful member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Newark since June of 1954, and participated in activities with the Alice Circle and Women of the ELCA, as well as attended the Friday Bible Study at the church nearly every week. She enjoyed working in the kitchen at St. Paul’s for various events and was known to be the head coffee maker at the church. Over the years, Gladys was an avid league bowler, and at one time was part of the Sunday Nighters bowling league where she bowled several 200 games as well as a game of straight spares. She was a voracious reader and enjoyed walking, studying the Bible, embroidery, puzzles, and decorating for each holiday. Gladys had a very kind and generous nature, and we will all miss her sweet smile.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Joyce Schoffner of Pensacola, Florida; granddaughter, Coty Linn (Timothy) Kast; great-granddaughter, Alaina (Zach) Lewis; great-great-grandchildren, Sofia, Heath, Amara, Jaxon, Ryah, and Tyson; sister, Virginia Henry of Newark; nieces and nephews; and many friends at St. Paul’s.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved son, Michael Patrick Schoffner on September 24, 2017; brothers, Russell Bowers and Albert Bowers; and sisters, Mary Lou Langille and Irene Evans.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 67 North Fifth Street, Newark, OH 43055.

Criss Wagner Hoskinson Funeral Home is honored to care for Gladys.