Gladys Mae Abens

GLADYS MAE (CHRISTIAN) ABENS, age 91, went to her eternal home in heaven on June 29, 2025. She trusted Jesus as her Savior and desired for all of you to do the same. She was a member of Helmar Lutheran Church, First Presbyterian Church of Aurora, and in her later days she faithfully attended the service at New Perspective Senior Living. She and her husband, Arnold, worked at Western Electric in Montgomery, Illinois for many years.

Gladys was born on November 15, 1933, in Helmar, Illinois. She married Arnold Dean Abens of Sandwich, Illinois on April 26, 1958, at Helmar Lutheran Church. She died the afternoon of June 29, 2025, in Waconia, Minnesota.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Dean Abens, daughter Janice Mae (Abens) Hill, granddaughter, Lauren Hannah (Abens) Trotter, parents, Sherman and Edna Christian, and sisters, Elma (Adolph) Thompson and Marian (Willis) Thorsen.

She is survived by her son, Arnold (Jennifer) Abens, her grandchildren, Sarah (Shawn) Travis, David (Melissa) Hill, Daniel (Laura) Hill, Tyler (Stephanie) Abens, Emily (Phil) Hokanson, Kanaan Trotter, Justin (Morgan) Abens, and great grandchildren, Isabella, Lilyana, Bennett, and William Travis; Micah, Josiah, and Lydia Hill; Ezra and Emilia Hill; Sophia, Esther, Elena, Lucia, Annaliese, and Chloe Abens; Trinity Trotter; and Jayden Abens.

A graveside interment service will be held at Helmar Lutheran Cemetery near Newark, Illinois at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Thank you to all of you who prayed and cared for Gladys in her later years.