Gloria Lorraine Geary

Gloria Lorraine Geary, 91, of Maryville, went to be with the Lord on February 12, 2021.

Lorraine was born in 1929 to Carl and Sada (Johnson) Jacobson in Cass Lake, Minnesota. She married the late ‘Dick’ Geary in 1953 and followed his adventurous spirit to the wilds of Alaska to California, upstate New York, Virginia, and Florida while raising 5 children, finally settling in Maryville,TN in 1983. She was an active member of St Paul Lutheran Church in Maryville.


Lorraine was a kind, loving mother and wife, an incredible woman of God, and a prayer warrior, praying over her family, friends and the oppressed, every morning and night. Her life was a living example of Ephesians 4:32 — “And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.”

She is survived by five children: Linda (Dave) Clark of Maryville, TN, Diane (Buddy) Koehler of Louisville, TN, Mark (Beth) Geary of Livingston, TN, Sheryl (Barney) Hite of Lawson, MO, and Yvonne (Keith) Willey of Maryville, TN. She is also survived by thirteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.