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Gladys Ruby Bailey
June 10, 1924 - May 21, 2008

Gladys Ruby Bailey, 83, Salina, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Mrs. Bailey was born June 10, 1924, in Pascagoula, MS, the daughter of Samuel and Edna (Martin) Stilley. She was a homemaker and a member of the Salem United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan, in 2001; sister, Margarett Rowena Stilley; brother, Arthur; grandsons, Bryan Lee, Daniel Aaron and Brian Anthony; and great-grandson, Gary Bryan. Survivors include daughters, Ruby Helfrich, Pat Zadina and husband Mike, and June Rowena Laible, all of Salina; son Nelson Bailey of Fallon, NV; sisters, Hazel Neal of Baton Rouge, LA, and Georgenna Hayden of Denham Springs, LA; brother, Wallace Stilley of Hammond, LA; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Salem United Methodist Church, Bushton. Burial will be in the Bushton Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. today at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth St., Salina 67401, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association or Pinnacle Park Nursing & Rehabilitation, in care of the mortuary.