ASHLAND, KANSAS – Glynda E. Mills, 81, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Ashland Health Center – Long Term Care.

She was born December 9, 1938 at Frederick, Oklahoma, the daughter of Newton Merril and Norma Wren Posey Gober.  In the 1950's she worked at the Oklahoma A&M Campus, now Oklahoma State University, in the Agronomy Department until 1962.  At that time, she became a homemaker where she was very involved with her children's activities such as ballet, gymnastics, Little Britches Rodeo and summer vacations.  Over the next several years, she lived in Thomasville, Georgia, Baltimore, Maryland, Des Moines and Sioux City, Iowa.  She lived on a ranch near Spearville, Kansas and in 1971 moved to Ashland and ranched west of town.  In 1977 she worked as a commodity broker at her office located at McKinley Winter Livestock in Dodge City.

In 1978 she moved to Arkansas City, Kansas and continued as a commodity broker and provided the market on the radio.  She moved to Denver and later to Austin, Texas and Stillwater, Oklahoma returning back to Arkansas City.  In the late 1980's she moved to Carlsbad, California where she lived for several years.  She started Mills Export Corporation and moved to the Dallas Metro area until 1997 when she returned to Ashland.  She worked for a period of time at the Iroquois Center in Greensburg, Kansas as a Kid Case Manager and Parent Support Specialist.

She was a member of the Clark County Fair Board, numerous bridge clubs, Clark County Extension, founding member of the Clark County Cow Bells, Cattlemans Association and past president of the Ashland High School Music Booster Club.  She had traveled to all 50 states with the exception of Washington State.

Survivors include: a son, Robert Gary Mills, Jr. and wife Mary, Ashland; 2 daughters, Dana Kay Mills, Ashland and Cindy Diane Kittleson and husband Eric, Camarillo, California; 2 sisters, Sherry Tunnell and husband Graddy, Plainview, Texas and Kay Powell and husband Bob, Colleyville, Texas; and 11 grandchildren; and one granddaughter-in-law.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one granddaughter, Dana Diane.

Private family services will be held at a later date. There will be no public viewing, cremation has taken place.

The family suggests memorials to Elevation Church – Ballantyne in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas  67801.