Gladys Kincaid Gotts

Gladys Kincaid Gotts passed away May 21, 2013 at the age of 108. She was a long time resident of Canton and Plymouth. Gladys was born in Silverwood, Michigan to Herman and Ethel(Cunningham)Kincaid on May 4, 1905. She married Percy Gotts in 1923. She is deeply loved and will be missed by her daughters Dorothy(Robert)Richards and Joyce(David)Gyde. She was preceded in death by her daughter Betty DeKarske. Gladys is the dear grandmother of Larry DeKarske, Polly(Dick)Bradburn, Paul(Michelle)Richards, Julie Gyde and the late Janet Breland and great grandmother of nine. She was also preceeded in death by her sister Bernice Downing. Gladys and her family moved to live on their farm in Ypsilanti when she was a teen, she drove a horse and buggy to High School. Later she and her husband resided on the Gotts farm in Canton. Their farm produced melons, sweet corn, sugar beets, grain and milk. After her husbands death in 1955 she sold the farm and went to work as a secretary at Ford Motor Company until her retirement. Gladys just celebrated her 108th birthday with all of her family that she loved so much. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 25, 2013, 11am at the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, 280 S. Main St., Plymouth, with The Rev. Mark Zender of Cherry Hill United Methodist Church officiating. Friends may visit Friday 1-8pm and Saturday 10am until time of service. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to Cherry Hill United Methodist Church, 341 S. Ridge Rd., Canton, Michigan 48188.