- Date Of Birth: May 25, 1923
- Date Of Death: April 1, 2016
- State: Indiana
Gladys M. Fields, 92, of Vincennes passed away April 1, 2016 at the Gentle Care Nursing Center. She was born May 25, 1923 in Decker, IN the daughter of John Henry and Bertha Burke Midkiff.
She was a graduate of Decker High School and during WW II she worked as a riveter at the Republic Airplane Factory in Evansville building the P-47 Thunderbolt. She married Marion Barney Fields and they made their life together until his death on May 20, 1994. She worked for the Vincennes School Corp at Franklin School as a cook and was a member of St. John Catholic Church, the American Legion, Eagles and Moose Auxiliaries. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She is survived by her children, Beth Ann Joary of LaPorte, IN, Janet M. Bridgewater, and her husband John of Mosinee, WI, Bruce Fields, and his wife Connie of Wheatland, IN and Posey Carie, and her husband Jack of Vincennes, IN. Her grandchildren, Eric Bridgewater, Jennifer Webb, Johna Schulz, Alissa Wayman, Tony Joary, Amanda Fields and Brian Fields. 13 Great Grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by her husband, Barney Fields, grandchildren, Jeff Carie and twin grandsons, Jeremy Adam and Jeffery Alan Carie, her parents and 10 Brothers and Sisters.