Gladys Tjaden

No services are planned at this time for Gladys Marie Tjaden, 78, of Ada.

Ms. Tjaden passed away Monday, October 10, 2016 at a local nursing home. She was born April 1, 1938 in Gooding, Idaho to Nealy Hampton and Eunice L. Putnam Adams. Gladys grew up on the island of Guam and graduated from high school in Newport, Washington.

She lived all her married life in Montana and was a waitress until her retirement. Gladys loved to knit and crochet.

Survivors include her mother, Eunice Adams of Konawa; her daughters, Kay Lynn Johnson of Hungry Horse, MT, Alice Macho of Missoula, MT, Tami Tjaden and her husband, John Cogan of Cody, WY and Heather Morrow and her husband Eric of Phoenix, AZ; her grandchildren, Vanessa Sayre, Sonja Reese, Robyn Macho, Karla Macho, Larissa Abell and Elizabeth Gorder; her great-grandchildren, Bailey and Mason Vallier; Cody and Cali Somerville; Peyton and Lily Sofia Reese; and Izabella Abell; a sister, Karen Guthrie of Konawa; a brother, Donald Adams of Mountain Home, ID; and many nieces and nephews.