Willis Hanson

Gladys was a happy, friendly person. When she and "Bus" lived in Dunlap, IA she was an avid movie fan and kept her movie tickets in a scrapbook, dated, who she went to the movie with and sometimes comments about the movie. She also kept scrapbooks of newspaper and magazine clippings. She was a collector of "statues" of horses which she had all displayed. She loved her little pug dog, Tiny. When they moved to the farm west of Soldier, IA, she had very large goldfish in the horse tank, raised flowers and a garden. She enjoyed Soldier Lutheran Church where she was baptised and confirmed. She looked after her mother who lived to an old age. Later in life she enjoyed going to bingo nights at churches and other sites. After the war was over so people could buy gas for their cars without rationing, she and husband Bus, really got into fishing in western Monona Co. and got my dad, brother and I involved in fishing. She and my mother, her first cousin, packed picnic lunches and so we had great family outings. Bus and Gladys had no children.

Francis "Bus" Reedy was a barber for awhile in Dunlap, IA as was his father, and like his father, left that to go into farming on a farm 3/4 mile west of Soldier, IA. In his younger days he played a lot of "town baseball" being a good pitcher. Bus was so much fun and had a great sense of humor and a ready smile and laugh. He and his wife Gladys (nee Nelson) got my dad, my brother and I into fishing trips and picnics. He loved to use the old fashioned hand-cranked ice cream maker and made homemade ice cream for us when we visited. He was really afraid of storms so if it looked like one could produce a tornado it was off to the cellar. He loved his wife Gladys (my mother's first cousin) and supported her hobby of collecting small "statues" of horses, keeping very large goldfish in the horse tank, and enjoyed Gladys' precious little pug dog named Tiny. After retirement they moved into Soldier where they lived for several years. Eventually their health required they move to Elmwood Care Center in Onawa, IA. where they were living when they passed away. Bus and Gladys were memorable people and made a host of friends along the way.