Submitted by: Dan Rich

Gladys E. Grosso

Oct. 15, 1903 - Feb. 26, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/28/1994

MISHAWAKA - Gladys E. Grosso, 90, of Ironwood Health & Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, formerly of Mishawaka, died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday in the nursing center. Mrs. Grosso was born Oct. 15, 1903, in South Bend and lived in Mishawaka since 1986, coming from Buffalo, N.Y.

On Sept. 22, 1920, in South Bend, as Gladys E. Chamberlin, she married Norman O'Donnell. He died in 1950. On July 17, 1953, in Las Vegas, Nev., she married Benny Grosso. He died in 1983. She is survived by a daughter, Kathleen Hurley of Mishawaka; a stepdaughter, Marie Anonnio of Long Island, N.Y.; a stepson, Benny Jr. of Long Island; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Graveside services and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Buffalo. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association.