Gladys Elaine (Bryant) Moore

In Loving Memory of
Gladys Elaine Moore (nee Bryant)
January 18, 1947 - March 1, 2025

Gladys passed away peacefully with her daughter, grandchildren and partner and son-in-law by her side at the Manitoulin Health Centre in Little Current on Saturday, March 1, 2025 after a tough battle with pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease at the age of 78.

A true Haweater, she was born in Little Current on a Saturday to Neil and Annie Bryant (nee Harper). She was the oldest sister and “Natalie Bum” of Mervyn “Bird” and Lily “Squirt” Bugg (predeceased), she is survived by Mervyn (Joan) Bryant and Dave Bugg.

She was an awesome mom to Darlene “Dar” (Paul) Duxbury and reunited with her angels Heather and Chris.

She was so proud of her four grandchildren Cassie, Jordan “Jordash” (Micheline), Megan “Meg” (Matt) Oliver and Brianna “Lady Bee”.

She always said that she wanted to meet her great grandchildren and she did get to become a Nan to her “Grandma’s Boy”, Kyler Oliver.

Gladys married Albert “Abby” Moore in February of 1967. He predeceased her suddenly in 1997. Nine years later after a few visits to a man at Freshmart, she met “The Old Man” Lorne Gregory. They started going together in January of 2006 and were never separate for long. He was always a few steps behind her after she said “Come on you old fart”.

Gladys was a woman of many talents and careers. She was a waitress at the Schooner, Gary’s, Van’s and many others. She was a baby sitter, mostly for Dar’s kids but for many other kids in the community as well. She never forgot one of the kids she watched over and always kept up with their lives while they were growing up. She took on Ab’s Services business after he passed and she had many great days doing the garbage run. Many of her stops included a visit and a cup of coffee or tea with a friend. And, if you were the lucky grandchild to go with her that Friday, a visit to Musky Widow’s for some fries and a tea. 

After her move to Mindemoya she retired, for a few days. She then went back to babysitting whenever needed or whenever the kids wanted to go to her house. She had a passion for cooking. She loved trying new recipes that she found on the Food Network and recently Youtube. She always had a notepad next to her chair to write down a quick recipe.

In her spare time she was great at crocheting, knitting, until her hands wouldn’t let her anymore. After that she found she loved watching thriller movies and the Nomad’s youtube channel as well as playing Solitaire on her new found friend, the I-Pad.
She was never a fan of animals especially the rag-a-muffs her daughter brought to the house when she was a kid. But she did have a soft spot for Megan’s dog Jiggy who was allowed to go on the couch and Matt’s dog Scooby. Both of whom received an occasional pet. Her house was always the safe space and you were never told to leave, whether it was supper time or 2am.

Family and friends will gather
Visitation
at Island Funeral Home
on Friday March 7, 2025 from 2-4pm and 7-9pm.

Funeral Service
at Knox United Church, Manitowaning
on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 12pm.
Cremation to follow.

Donations may be made in Gladys' honour to
the Manitoulin Health Centre Smart Infusion Smarter Care campaign at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/9790
or can be left to a trust for "Grandma's Boy" Kyler's future.
You can either bring a cheque to either the funeral home or the church or send an etransfer to jumphightothesky@gmail.com.
Please put in trust for Kyler in the message.
Island Funeral Home can only accept cheques for all memorial donations.

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