Gloria Elaine Wideman, 69, of Emlenton, Allegheny Township, died Wednesday morning at the Sunnyview Home, Butler, after an illness.

Born Sept. 22, 1936, in Coraopolis, she was the daughter of Jesse and Ruth Gravely Johnson.

Mrs. Wideman was a long and faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Eau Claire.

She served as a personal caregiver to many families for years, as well as being a full-time homemaker to her nine children.

Surviving are two daughters, Deborah Irvin and Diane Wideman, both of Butler; five sons, Edmund L., Ralph L. and Milton Wideman, Jr., all of Butler, William G. Wideman of Albuquerque, N.M., and Darren L. Wideman of Emlenton; 21 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Wideman was one of 10 children, with only three sisters surviving, Catherine Hodge of Columbus, Ohio, Jean Parker of Pittsburgh, and Karen Nash of Johnstown, Pa.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Wideman, Sr., whom she married in 1955. She was also preceded in death by a son, Mark R. Wideman, in 1977, and a daughter, Judy Davenport in 1992. Following the death of Judy, she raised two grandchildren, Daniel and Jessika Davenport, with Jessika dying in 2004.

<B>WIDEMAN</B> — Friends of Gloria Elaine Wideman, who died Wednesday, May 31, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the <B>H. Jack Buzard Funeral Home</B>, Main St., Eau Claire. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Eau Claire. Burial will follow later in Scrubgrass Cemetery.