Gladys (Mattson) Kjellerson

Gladys Georgina (Matt-

son) Kjellerson of Rapid

City, SD passed away on

Sunday, November 15,

2020 at Monument Health

Hospice of the Hills.

Gladys was born Febru-

ary 22, 1932 in Hansboro,

ND to Evert and Mamie

(Hendrickson) Mattson.

She was united in mar-

riage to Fred A. Kjellerson

on December 9, 1950 in

Cando, ND.

Gladys’s family was the

most important thing in

her life. She was always

so proud of her four boys!

Gladys became a nurse in

1971. She was active in

volunteer work, and was a

member of the DAV Auxi-

liary, American Legion,

the Moose Lodge, and the

Sons of Norway in Minot,

ND. Gladys loved dogs,

and her little dachshunds

were the light of her life!

Gladys is survived by:

her four sons, James and

Karen of Rapid City, Craig

and Vicki of Anthem, AZ,

Mark and Julie of Rapid

City, SD and Matthew and

Lucy of Scottsdale AZ;

eight grandchildren and

26 great-grandchildren

and 4

great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in

death by: her husband,

Fred, and her parents.

Services will be at 10:00

on Thursday, November

19, at Kirk Funeral Home

in Rapid City with Pastor

Evelyn Johnson officiat-

ing. Burial will follow at

the Black Hills National

Cemetery near Sturgis.

Memorials are request-

ed to the Humane Society

of the Black Hills.

Family and friends may

sign Gladys’s online guest

book at www.kirkfuneral

home.com.