June 27, 1933 - January 25, 2024

Gladys Earlene Bland Alley, 90-year-old resident of Woodward and former Laverne resident, died Thursday, January 25, 2024, at the Newman Memorial Hospital in Shattuck, Oklahoma. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 2, 2024, at the First Methodist Church of Woodward. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Billings Funeral Home.

Earlene is survived by her two sisters, Patty Harris and husband Bill of Enid, Oklahoma, Colleen Flikeid of Enid, Oklahoma; son, Link Alley and wife Linda of Woodward; her daughter Julie Alley and Ray Mann of Woodward; son-in-law Wayne Gilkerson of Daytona Beach, Florida; her 11 grandchildren: Stacy Alley and Dr. Ray Borges of Higgins, Texas; Andrew Vaverka of Woodward; Aric Alley and wife Brooke of Buffalo; Ashley Alley of Woodward; Sarah Roach and husband Charles of Woodward; Katie Mitchell and husband Daniel of Sydney, Australia; Shannon Drayton and husband Michael of Norman; TJ Alley and wife Katelyn of Daytona Beach, Florida; Stephanie Alley and Juan Pizarro of Woodward; Anthony Alley of Woodward; and Susan Alley of Dallas, Texas and 27 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren.