Gladys I. Wetzel

Gladys I. Wetzel, 99, of Mifflinburg, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2026, at Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg. Born on January 11, 1927, in Lewisburg, she was the daughter of the late Romain and Isabel (Campbell) Dorman. She graduated from Mifflinburg High School in 1945 and later married Donald M. Wetzel, Sr. on December 29, 1945. Donald preceded her in death on April 9, 2001.

Gladys worked for many years at JPM, Co. in Lewisburg and was a longtime member of St. John's Union Church in Dry Valley. She found quiet joy in baking, sewing, crocheting, and tending her garden, pursuits that reflected her patient and caring nature.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Don Jr. and Marcia Wetzel of Mifflinburg; her daughter and son-in-law, Judy and William Chappell of Zephyrhills, Florida; her daughter-in-law, Patricia Wetzel of Mifflinburg; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert and Sue Dorman of Mifflinburg, Thomas Dorman of Beavertown, and Roy and Ginny Dorman of Florida; her sisters, Alice Bottiger of Cowan, Mildred Sauers of Mazeppa, and Margaret Aumiller of Beavertown; nine grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, Kenneth and Jack Wetzel; two brothers, Romain Dorman, Jr. and Lewis Dorman; one sister, Ruth Moll; and two brothers-in-law, Charlie Aumiller and Beryl Sauers.