Anna Louise Glass' Obituary
Anna Louise Glass was born October 21, 1924 to Audra Charles Harryman and Orpha Georgia Green, in Pryor, Oklahoma. She was known as Anna to some, but most people knew her as Louise. She was the youngest of nine siblings which she loved dearly. After living through the tornado that wiped out most of the town during her senior year of high school, she went on to nurse’s training at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She served as an Army nurse during World War II at the Veterans Hospital In Temple, Texas. She met the love of her life when she was about 12 years from the neighboring town of Salina, Oklahoma, and when the war was over, she married Orland Dayton Glass in Dallas, Texas, where they resided for several years before moving to Muskogee, Oklahoma where their first child, Teresa, was born. In 1955 they moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where their youngest daughter, Terry, was born a few years later. While in Tulsa, she worked for Public Health for several years and then became a school nurse. The family moved to Dallas in 1969. While in Dallas, Louise continued her career as a school nurse. She returned to college and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from East Texas State University. She spent a few years at the end of her nursing career working at Doctors Hospital. After Dayton retired from his job with ARCO, they began their travels and saw many parts of the U.S. and Europe. They had a wonderful marriage that lasted 60 years until Dayton’s death in 2006. Her faith and church were a very big part of Louise’s life, and as a member of Northlake Baptist Church she enjoyed many activities and made many enduring friendships. She became involved in painting classes and found great pleasure in painting many pictures for her family and friends. She loved to garden, couldn’t pass up a garage sale, and above all she was always there when someone needed her, whether it was family, friend or perfect stranger. She may have been petite in stature, but her heart was huge. Louise was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia in 2005, which is a much more aggressive form of dementia than Alzheimer’s. Survivors include her daughters, Teresa A. Cullum and Terry Greenwood; five grandchildren, Chris Cullum, Jessica Greenwood, Seth Greenwood, Spencer Greenwood, Meredith Greenwood; and five great-grandchildren, Benjamin Cullum, Emily Cullum, Seth Greenwood, Anias Greenwood and Sera Greenwood; as well as many other family members and friends.
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