Gladys Theresa (Lansing) Didesch, 89, of Dubuque, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Stonehill Health Center with her loving daughter and son by her side. Beloved wife of 46 years to the late Al M. Didesch, loving mother to her children Alan and Debra, and cherished grandmother to Collin, Grant, and Ava.

Friends and family may visit from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday July 28, 2024 at Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Road, with a Wake Service being held at 4:45 p.m. An additional visitation will be held on Monday at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the time of Mass.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday July 29, 2024 at St. Anthony Catholic Church with Fr. Steve Rosonke. Burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Gladys was born on October 28, 1934, the daughter of the late Fredoline (Remke) Lansing and Walter Lansing. She grew up on the family farm in Ossian, Iowa, and was educated in the St. Francis de Sales Catholic School System. She later graduated from the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Dubuque and went to work in the Surgery Department. She met her husband Al while caring for his ailing father. They married on October 12, 1957, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Dubuque.

After raising her children, Gladys worked as a nurse for Drs. Faber and Stork and was then employed for 22 years with the American Red Cross. In 2003, the Red Cross Awarded Gladys with its prestigious “Tiffany Award” for her “employee excellence”.

Gladys is survived by her two children: Alan (Laurie) Didesch of Northbrook, Illinois; Debra (Glen) Schumock of Geneva, Illinois; her grandson Collin (Molly) Schumock, of Jacksonville, Florida; her grandson Grant Schumock, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and granddaughter Ava, of Chicago, Illinois. Gladys is also survived by her sisters Patty McCabe and Geri Maloy; and brothers-in-law Terrence Cobry and Robert Pankow.

In addition to her husband Al and her parents, Gladys was preceded in death by her brother Lawrence Lansing, her sisters Betty Welter, Esther Cobry, Rosalind Henneberry, Vi Pankow, and Inez Nutt, her sisters-in-law Arlene Lansing and Dolores Owsley, and her brothers-in-law John Welter, Arthur McCabe, Melvin Henneberry, Michael Maloy, and Leonard Owsley.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Stonehill Health Center or Hospice of Dubuque.

The Family extends their sincere appreciation to Dr. Amy Winski and her nurse Stephanie, the staff at Stonehill Health Center, and Hospice of Dubuque, for their kind and loving care of Gladys.