Gladys R. Haines

Gladys Ruth (Mohlmann) Haines, age 87, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully into eternal life at UW Hospital in Madison on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Gladys was born on April 15, 1930, in Belmont Township, Lafayette County, the youngest of nine children of Louis and Elsie (Lee) Mohlmann. She went to a country school (Cottage Inn) and then attended Belmont High School.

Gladys married Loren Haines on June 28, 1949. They rented farms at several locations before buying their farm along the Big Platte River in 1957. She worked very hard dedicating her life to the farm. In later years, she enjoyed gardening, playing board games and cards, reading, as well as spoiling her grandchildren.

Gladys is survived by her two children, Larry (Donna) Haines of Lancaster and Shari (John) Fuerstenberg, of Platteville; seven grandchildren: Steven Haines, Kari Smith, Kurt Haines, Lynn Haines, Julie Dabrowski, Kelly Teeter and Kim Fuerstenberg; eight great-grandchildren: Isaiah Smith, Zackariah Smith, Isaac Smith, Sara Warren, Gabriel Warren, Elijah Warren, Claire Dabrowski, Paul Dabrowski; a sister, Agnes Scott; a sister-in law, Rose Mohlmann; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Loren Haines, her parents, Louis and Elsie Mohlmann, a son, David Haines, a grand-daughter, Tara (Haines) Warren, five sisters: Daisy Jentz, Edith Siegenthaler, Evelyn McNett, Alice Fortney, and Lula Austin, two brothers: Louis Mohlmann, and George Mohlmann, five brothers-in-law: Clarence Jentz, Fritz Siegenthaler, Orville Fortney, Merle Austin, and Leonard Scott, two sisters-in-law, Lillian Mohlmann, and Mary Mohlmann.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at the Martin Schwartz Funeral Home & Crematory, 1234 S Madison St, Lancaster, with Pastor Al Christopherson officiating. Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster. Family and friends may call on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.