San Leon, Texas resident Gladys Irene Dickinson, 87, died June 30 after an extended illness.The daughter of the late Joe M. and Zela Irene Meyers Comer of Morrison, she went to school in Morrison and Viola and later moved to Muncie, Ind., where she worked in a Borg Warner plant during World War II before moving to Taft and Bakersfield, Calif.She married Thomas Dickinson on June 2, 1945 and they resided in the Bakersfield and Tehachapi areas for 20 years, raising two children, Joe and Susan and Jim Wiggins, a foster son.She moved to Houston in 1967 and resided in Texas City and San Leon for the last 25 years. She was active in her church throughout her life and enjoyed being a caregiver for those with special needs. She was active with the Eastern Star in Bakersfield, Tehachapi and Houston and enjoyed life, nature and rural living.