Gladys Arnott

Gladys Arnott, 68,

Minot, ND, died Friday,

November 27, 2020, at a

Minot Hospital.

Gladys was born on

April 14, 1952, a daughter

of Luis Antonio Rodriguez

Alvarez and Teodocia

Guzman Rodriguez in

Puerto Rico. She was

raised and educated in

Villalba, Puerto Rico

where she graduated from

high School.

Gladys was united in

marriage to Jerald Arnott,

whom she met while he

was serving in the U.S.

Navy in Puerto Rico. The

couple married in Brew-

ton, Alabama in 1974.

They purchased their

home in Minot, ND,

where together they raised

their daughter Sarah. Gla-

dys worked at McDonald’s

& then the Fortune Cookie

for many years while she

went to college. She furth-

ered her education by at-

tending Minot State

University where she

earned a Bachelor of Sci-

ence Degree in Education.

She spent over twenty

years teaching foreign

languages at Erik Ram-

stad, Glenburn, Minot

AFB, MSU, Magic City

Campus & retired from

Central Campus. Togeth-

er Jerald and Gladys en-

joyed travelling, hunting,

gardening, fishing, play-

ing pool, listening to

music and meeting new

friends. Jerald died Sep-

tember 12, 2014 which

was very hard on Gladys

and her health. Gladys

loved spending time with

her grandkids and chat-

ting on the phone with

her family back home.

Gladys is survived by:

daughter Sarah Arnott

and her companion

Magrath Keelan; grand-

sons: Kolben & Kesler,

granddaughters: Kinley,

Lilly and Ireland Keelan;

Sister: Carmen G. Rodri-

guez Guzman, Nieces:

Mayra I. Collazo Rodri-

guez, Olga J. Collazo Ro-

driguez, Evelyn Collazo

Rodriquez, Edna Collazo

Rodriguez, Nephew: Fer-

nando L. Collazo Rodri-

guez, Sister in law Gilda

Colon, Nephews: Luis G.

Rodriguez Colon, Luis A.

Rodriguez Colon, Luis J.

Rodriguez Colon, Brother:

Samuel Maldonado Gon-

zalez, Cousins: Olga Guz-

man Guzman (Irving

Aguayo), Yolanda Guz-

man Guzman, Sonia Guz-

man Guzman (Edgardo

Garcia), Glendaliz Garcia

Guzman, Sonia E. Garcia

Guzman; Siblings-in-laws:

Jim (Donna) Arnott,

Phyllis Wilson, Carol

Mullikin, and Sharon Ap-

land, several nieces,

nephews and cousins also

survive. She is preceded

in death by her husband,

Jerry, and parents Luis

Antonio Rodriguez Al-

varez and Teodocia Guz-

man Rodriguez, her broth-

er Luis A. Rodriguez Guz-

man, brother-in-law Emig-

dio Collazo, Aunt: Con-

suelo Guzman Rodriguez

(Primitivo Guzman)

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Thursday, December 3,

2020, at 10:30 a.m. at St.

Leo’s Catholic Church,

Minot.

Visitation and Prayer

Service: Wednesday, De-

cember 2, 2020 from 3

p.m. until 5 p.m. with a

Vigil Prayer Service at 5

p.m. all at the Thompson-

Larson Funeral Home

Chapel, Minot.

Burial: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot