Obituaries

A memorial service will be held 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 2, 2018 at Abernethy Laurels,102 Leonard Avenue, Newton, NC 28658, with Rev. Ron Taylor officiating.  A reception, in Diana’s honor, will be held immediately following the service.   

Mrs. Gleasner was born April 26, 1936, in Highland Park, New Jersey, to the late Dr. Delmer LeRoy Cottle and Elizabeth Stanton Cottle.  She obtained a Bachelor’s degree from Ohio Wesleyan and a Master’s degree from University of Buffalo, and then later worked as a school teacher of English and physical education in New York State.  She was also an author and travel writer having written fifty-two books and thousands of travel articles. 

She is survived by her husband, G. William “Bill” Gleasner of the home; a son, Stephen Gleasner of Appleton, ME; a daughter, Suzanne Gleasner of Charlotte, NC; a sister, Joann Storch of York, PA; a brother, Edward Stanton Cottle of Tampa, FL; and four grandchildren, Hunter Stanton Killman, Heath Walker Killman, William Clark Gleasner, and Margaret Elizabeth Gleasner. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Parkinson’s Foundation, 200 SE 1st Street, Suite 800, Miami, FL  33131.