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Gladys Polley, 100 ST. THOMAS -- Gladys R. Polley, 100, mother of Lombardy resident Donald Polley, died March 8 at St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital. She was born October 13, 1906 in Eldorado, Ont. (north of Belleville in Hastings County), the daughter of Albert Norman and the former Edith Fraser. She married Larmour "Larry" Polley, of Eastons Corners, who died in 1960. Mrs. Polley was the first woman stockbroker in southern Ontario and enjoyed a successful career in the investment field for 25 years. She was a member of Central United Church, St. Thomas, where she was president of the Philathea Unit for 25 years and a life memer of the United Church Women group, having held various offices in that organization. She had been an active member of the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Auxiliary, serving as president while the present hospital was built. She was also a life member of the Ontario Hospital Auxiliaries. Mrs. Polley is survived by her son Donald W. Polley and wife Henrike "Henny" of Lombardy, grandchildren Joanne Rutherford of Fergus, Lynn Lebert of Blenheim, Cathy Tambakis and husband Basil of Toronto and Randy Polley and wife Shohreh of Mexico, nine great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Irene Polley of Brockville, brother-in-law Burdett Sisler of Fort Erie and several nieces and nephews. She was the last surviving member of her own immediate family, having been predeceased by a sister, Mae Sisler, and four brothers, Thomas, Percy, Ted and Bert Norman. Friends called at the Sifton Funeral Home, 118 Wellington Street, St. Thomas, Ont., on March 12. The funeral was held March 13 and burial followed at Elmdale Memorial Park, St. Thomas. Memorial donations were directed to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Canadian Cancer Society. # Published in Section b, page 8 in the Saturday, April 7, 2007 edition of the Brockville Recorder & Times. # Posted 10:00:01 AM Saturday, April 7, 2007.