CIMARRON – Markeita "Sue" Gleason, 79, died Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at the Shepherd's Center in Cimarron.

She was born December 31, 1941 at Anthony, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert "Herb" and Mollie (Wilson) Morehead.  She was a graduate of Greensburg High School and on January 26, 1961 she married Layton Gleason at Clayton, New Mexico.  She worked with Layton on a ranch near Kalvesta for 35 years and worked various jobs in clothing stores, including, Goddards in Dodge City and Different Looks in Cimarron.  After Layton's retirement they moved to Greensburg in August of 2000.  She moved to Cimarron in July 2018 after Layton's death.

Survivors include:  her son, Tim and wife Pam, Cimarron; her daughter, Tammy Peterson and husband Tom, Cimarron; 2 grandchildren, Cory Gleason and Camron Peterson; a sister, Wanda Jones and husband Clarence "Pee Wee", Laverne, Oklahoma; a brother, Gerald Morehead, Greensburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Layton on April 15, 2014, a grandson, Ty Gleason, nephews Billy Joe Komarek, Rodney Allen Jones, Jared Kaltenback and Blake Stanley, her sister, Leatha King, 2 sisters-in-law, Lois Morehead and Phyllis Gleason and 4 brothers-in-law, Al "Corky" King, Richard Degnan, Bob Komarek and Jim Gleason.

Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am Saturday, June 19, 2021 at St. Stanislaus Church, Ingalls, with Fr. Warren Stecklein presiding.  Burial will follow in the Cimarron Cemetery.  Visitation will be Friday, June 18, 2021 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm with the family present from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, Dodge City.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Ty Gleason Memorial Scholarship Fund or the Cimarron City Library both in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.