Glatha Jean Guhl Szabadi

GUHL, OHLSEN

Posted By: Sharon J Lindbloom (email)
Date: 8/20/2024 at 14:32:12

MEMORIAL: Funeral Home

Glatha Jean Guhl was born on October 2, 1940 in Anamosa, Iowa, daughter of Laverne F. and Anna Marie (Ohlsen) Guhl. She graduated from Olin High School in 1958 and received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Iowa State University in Ames in 1962. She then attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she received her Master of Science degree and post-Masters education which included courses in Facilitator, Team & Adult Education, with an emphasis in Leadership Quality and Staff Development.

Her entire professional career was with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she held the following positions; 4-H staff associate/county 4-H agent from 1962 -1970, Expanded Food & Nutrition program leader from 1971 to 1974, 4-H program leader from 1974 to 1977, 4-H program coordinator from 1977 to 1986, and staff development specialist from 1986 to 1995. She retired from Cornell University in 1995 and moved to California in 2003 to be near her two children and four grandchildren.

She is survived by one daughter, Jennifer Szabadi & fiancé Joey Sousa, of Clovis, California; one son, Joseph L. (Dana) Szabadi, of Coarsegold, California; and 4 grandchildren, Logan, Paige, Katie and Shelby.

Glatha was preceded in death by her parents, Laverne and Anna Marie Guhl and one sister, Glenda Jo Scarbrough.

Glatha Jean Szabadi, 67, of Fresno, California, and formerly of Olin, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fresno, California.