Gloria J. Cudmore

Gloria J. Cudmore, age 82, of Watertown, SD, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Jenkins Living Center. Prayer service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel in Watertown.

Visitation will be at the Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel in Watertown on Saturday from 10 - 11 a.m.

Burial will be at the Plankinton Cemetery at 3:00 p.m.

Gloria was born in Mitchell, SD, and grew up in White Lake on a farm ½ mile south of town. She graduated from high school in 1961 and proceeded to Nettleton school of business in Sioux Falls. In 1962 she married her high school sweetheart Gerald Cudmore. Then proceeded to San Francisco area where Gerald worked for United Airlines. Moving to Michigan in 1965 with United Airlines. She had the hard work of keeping house, gardening and raising 2 boys. She enjoyed Michigan in her new 3 bedroom house. In 1972 a move was made back to South Dakota with moves to White Lake, Plankinton and eventually to Castlewood. She learned machine knitting making dresses, skirts and various garments which one of her creations took her to Seattle to see her creations worn on the runway of fine knitwear. She widened her skills to embroidery with 3 computerized machines making designs on numerous garments including many quilts.

Her greatest times were planting many flower beds with her green thumb which could make even the most difficult seed bloom. Many times her acreage looked like a park as people stopped to look at the many flowers, plants and large ornaments specifically placed to accent her flower bed creations. Other hobbies were riding motorcycles back to Michigan to visit friends with trips to Arkansas, thru Oklahoma, parts of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Sturgis to the rally.

Survived by her husband of 62 yrs 11 months, Gerald (Jerry) Cudmore, her sister Eileen Hohn.

Preceded in death by her parents Dave and Ada Larson, her in-laws, Larence and Jean Cudmore, her two sons Terry and Marty, brothers-in-law, Larry Cudmore, and Dennis Hohn, sisters- in-law, Carla  and Darlene Cudmore, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.

Arrangements by Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel www.crawfordosthus.com Watertown and Hayti.

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