Gladys V. McCollum, 87, of Belvidere IL, passed away March 4, 2023. She was born on April 19, 1935 to Julia Andersen and Earl Hoeg. She was a deeply devoted mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. On September 6, 1951 she married the love of her life,  Ben McCollum, and together they shared 4 children and 68 years in marriage. She worked for many years at GTE in Genoa as an assembly line worker. She will be missed by many.

She is survived by her children, Rick McCollum, Cheryl (Leroy) Romine, and Steven McCollum; grandchildren, Ben (Becky) Boettcher, Randy (Donelle) Boettcher, Justin (Josephine) Romine, Jason (Carol) McCollum, Jeremy (Lakin) McCollum, Steven McCollum, Candis Cassioppi, Marc (Sheri) Romine, Melanie Brown; sister; Gloria (Don) Peck, 18 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by her husband; Ben E. McCollum, daughter; Julia, her parents; Earl and Julia Hoeg, siblings; Howard, Keith, Gary, and Glenna.

A funeral service for Gladys will be Wednesday, March 8th at 11am at Anderson Funeral and Cremation Services. A visitation will take place at 10am until the time of service. Burial to follow at Belvidere Cemetery.

The family of Gladys would like to extend a special thanks to her niece and nephew Brenda and Larry Francis for all their care and love, and their deepest gratitude to all the hospice workers and nurses at Northwoods Care center.