Gladys Ione STRITE

Gladys and Trix

From Virginia Grist

Gladys and Trix [Beatrice Watson] were lifelong friends. Her husband, Bill, died soon after the war, leaving her with two daughters -- Margene and Joanne -- in Duluth. Later, in 1943, Gladys, Wese [Louise Grist], Jim [Franklin James Grist, Jr.] and Jack [John Roger Grist] drove them -- Trix, Joanne and Eva (Trix's sister, who was having a nervous breakdown en route) to California. Eva jumped out of the car at a stop sign. She wanted to go back to Duluth.