Gladys M. (Kromanaker) Fuller, age 89, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Autumn Bay of Pewaukee.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Hewitt, where the visitation will be from 9:30 am until service time. Father Angi will officiate. The service will be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/rembsfuneralhomes Burial will be in Brooklawn Memory Gardens Cemetery, Town of Richfield, Wood County. Rembs Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Gladys was born on November 27, 1935, in Chicago, IL, to Louis and Doris (Helser) Cox. She attended Lincoln High School and graduated from Mid-State Technical School, both in Wisconsin Rapids. She married John Kromanaker and they later divorced. On November 18, 1989, she married Thomas E. Fuller. He passed away on July 26, 2016.
Gladys was employed at St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Marshfield Clinic for over 30 years. She was a member of the Heart O’ Wisconsin Sweet Adelines for 43 years and sang in the choir at St. Michael’s Church in Hewitt. She and Tom were members of the Good Sam Camping Club and enjoyed traveling in their RV around the United States and wintering in Florida at Red Oaks Campground with friends from Marshfield and other parts of the U.S. for 20 years.
She is survived by her children, Ken (Pat) Kromanaker of Marshfield, Julie (Bill) Beres of Pewaukee, Steve (Sue) Kromanaker of Fuquay Varina, NC, and Tony (Jayne) Kromanaker of Greenville, WI. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, Jordan and Luke Kromanaker, Elizabeth (James) Beres DiCosmo, Nicholas (Kimberly) Beres, Samuel (Megan) Beres, Steven (Amy) Kromanaker, Jake (Ana) Kromanaker, Ben (Skylee) Kromanaker, and Rachel (Brevon Merritt) Kromanaker, and 11 great grandchildren, John, Dominic, Natasha, Ronin, Charlotte and Daniel Kromanaker, Piper Beres, Camilo and River DiCosmo, and Chase and Ellie Beres. She is further survived by a sister, Mary Maynard of Beloit, and a brother, Ed Jackson, of Cudahy.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Doris Cox, her husband Tom Fuller, and sisters Donna Lauvon and Margaret Knappenberger.
Special thanks to Katrina and Ashley at Preceptor Hospice and the staff at Autumn Bay Assisted Living in Pewaukee, Especially Brenda.
Memorials may be designated in Gladys’ name to a charity of the donor’s choice.
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