Gloria Wilma Laam
September 6, 1925 – December 14, 2024

Gloria Wilma Laam of McKinleyville passed peacefully on December 14, 2025 at Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata. She was a resident of Humboldt County since 1961, after she and her husband John H. Laam Sr. relocated there from Klamath, in Del Norte County.

She made her career as a bookkeeper for several companies in Humboldt County until her retirement in 1990.

She is preceded in death by her husband John, daughters Helen P. Milligan (E. Dan), Shane R. Laam, and Son John H. Laam (Sharle).

She is survived by grandchildren Dan E. Milligan (Debbie), Cyndi R. Hedrick, Brandon L. Milligan (Leanna), Bryan P. Hampson (Kate), Shawn H. Meador (Erin).

Additionally, she is survived by great-grandchildren Daniel J. Milligan (Layne), Cody L. Milligan (Dylann), Aimee W. Ormiston (Brendan), Broden Hampson, Rusty Hampson, Christian Moorman-Meador (Emily), Ethan Meador (Kassidy), Macy Wade (Yancy), Morgan Krumm (Xavier) and Cole Hedrick.

Furthermore, she is survived by great-great-grandchildren Daniel A. Milligan, Colton L. Milligan, Declan Meador, Delilah Meador, Delaney Meador, Charlotte Wade, and Whitney Krumm.

Gloria will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery in Gridley, California on January 3, 2025. A graveside service will begin at 1 p.m.

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