Gloria E. Herbert

Friday, March 16, 2007

Jan. 12, 1931-March 10, 2007

Gloria E. Herbert, 76, Greencastle, died Saturday at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.

Born in Oxford, England, she was the daughter of Frederick and Martha Mary (Manya) Coomber.

She had been a food service worker at DePauw University.

She married Lloyd V. Herbert on June 21, 1975. He survives.

Also surviving are five sons, David Shillings and wife Jeanne, Michael Shillings, Ray Shillings and wife Karen, Steve Shillings, all of Greencastle, and Andy Shillings; two stepsons, Russell Herbert and wife Marjorie, Cunot, and Chris Herbert and wife Konnie Cloverdale; sister Janet Davis, Northern Wales; two brothers, Fred Coomber, Scotland, and Frank Coomber, Bath, England; 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Grace Coomber, brothers Arthur, Ted and Leonard Coomber.

Private services will be conducted.

Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale, is handling arrangements.