Gloria M. (Ball) Gergen, 80, Greenland, N.H., died April 2, 2013, at home surrounded by her family.
She was born Sept. 4, 1932, in Union Grove, to the late Earl and Gladys (Jones) Ball.
After working as a legal assistant for four years, in 1955, she married Thomas Gergen, and began a 26-year career as a loving mother of five and Air Force wife. In 1980, the couple chose to retire from the Air Force in the Portsmouth area. She loved to travel, and so enjoyed the opportunities to visit several interesting foreign and domestic venues.
Survivors include her husband; sons, Thomas Jr. and James of Greenland, and Robert and wife Michele (Reynolds) of Portsmouth; daughters, Jane and husband Terry Sholdar of Vista, Calif., and Nancy and husband Durrel Cziske of Rose Hill, Kan.; brother Eugene (Nancy) Ball, Burlington; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and Dave and Mary Roberts, her longtime friends and neighbors.
Visitation and funeral services will be held privately at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are by the Farrell Funeral Home, 684 State St., Portsmouth, N.H. Mealy Funeral Home, Waterford, assisted the family.
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