- Date Of Birth: February 27, 1922
- Date Of Death: November 4, 2018
- State: Colorado
If, of Thy Mortal Goods Thou Art Bereft
And of Thy Store Two Loaves Are Left,
Sell One and With the Dole,
Buy Hyacinths to Feed Thy Soul.
Saadi – A.D 1258
Gladys Carau, formerly of Loveland, passed away on November 4, 2018. She died peacefully at her home in Arvada at the age of 96.
Glady Elizabeth Persons was born on February 27, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to Erwin and Irene Persons. She was oldest of four children, with one brother and two sisters. She grew up in Grand Rapids and nearby Deer River and loved the adventures nature had to offer: summer swimming in the local lakes, ice skating in winter, and going to an island in the middle of the frozen Mississippi River to “hunt” for Christmas trees.
After graduating from Grand Rapids High School in 1939, Glady moved to Duluth, Minnesota. She worked as a live-in housekeeper and cook while also attending business school. In 1942 she moved to Washington, D.C., and began working as a secretary and stenographer with the Department of Interior and Petroleum Administration.
On New Year’s Eve 1942, on a blind date at the Texas State Dance, she met “a handsome young sailor” from Alabama named Frank Louis Carau Jr. The two were married on May 27, 1943. While Frank was deployed in the war, Glady continued to work in Washington. After the war the couple settled in Arlington, Virginia. In 1948, Glady gave birth to their first child, Frank Paul. In 1953 the family moved to Vienna, Virginia. In 1963, they welcomed their second child, Kathleen Elizabeth.
In 1998, Glady and Frank moved to Loveland to be closer to their son and his family. After Frank died in 2012, Glady continued to live in Loveland, enjoying time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
