Obituary: Glenda Irene Steele

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Glenda Irene Steele, 48, of New Haven, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, surrounded by her family.

Glenda was born in Carmi on Aug. 4, 1963, to Ernie and Dorothy (Pettyjohn) McGhee. She graduated from Ridgway High School and then furthered her education becoming a licensed practical nurse. On Nov. 12, 1983, she married her soul mate, Glendal Steele.

She had worked for the past 17 years at the Westpark Rehab Center in Evansville, Ind. Over the years she had been very active in the Just Us club in New Haven, the American Red Cross and raising her family. She was a very caring and loving person who really enjoyed being around her family and friends. All that knew her were always welcomed to her wonderful and vibrant personality and her uncanny wit. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. New Haven was definitely a better place because of her, she will be missed.

Glenda is survived by husband, Glendal of New Haven; two sons, Chris (Laura) Steele of Eldorado and Shaun (Charli Belford) Steele of New Haven; her parents, Ernie and Dorothy McGhee of New Haven; her sister, Janice (Denny) Abell of Ridgway; her grandson, Casen Steele of Eldorado; and her special niece and nephew, Joey Abell and Carrie Abell both of Ridgway. Glenda is also survived by many other family and friends.

She was preceded in death by a nephew, Wesley Abell.

Visitation for Glenda will be from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at the Cox and Son Funeral Home in New Haven. Funeral Services for Glenda will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Union Ridge Cemetery.

You may leave a note of comfort to the family at the Internet site www.coxandson.com