Death of Gladys Davis Holmes

Gladys Gayle Davis was born on May 18, 1934, in Sheridan, Wyoming. She was the daughter of Harry and Blanche Davis. She moved to Belle Fourche, South Dakota, when she was five years old and grew up there on her grandparents' ranch. At the age of 14, she went to Oak Park Academy in Nevada, Iowa, where she graduated in 1952.

She then attended Union Collage in Lincoln, Nebraska. By her second year at Union Collage, she taught the organ. Starting her fourth year, she transferred to Loma Linda University on the La Sierra campus in Riverside, California, where she graduated in 1956.

She married Ivan Holmes in August of 1956 and worked at Thunderbird Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, from 1956–1960, teaching the piano and organ. In 1960, she moved to Andrews University in Michigan, where she began working in the Department of Music. In 1962 she moved again to Corvalis, Oregon, where she and Ivan had their first child, Lori. She returned to Andrews University in 1965, working as a dental assistant. Her second child, Michael, was born in 1967.

In 1972, she moved with her family to Riverside, California, where she served as assistant to the campus chaplain at Loma Linda University on the La Sierra campus. She received two master's degrees in 1981, one in family life and the other in guidance & counseling. Starting in 1992, she served as associate dean of women until 1999, when she retired and moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, with her husband.

She passed away in Grand Junction on Jan. 15, 2026. She is survived by her husband Ivan, her daughter Lori and her son Michael.

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