Gladys Faye Radonjic

On September 6, 2026, Gladys Faye Radonjic died at home in Pueblo. She was 90. Born November 16, 1935 in Pueblo, carrying Montenegrin-American stories that arrived without footnotes. From the start, she treated promises like tools: keep them sharp, do not lend them lightly. She packed sand that would shape metal other people claimed. A core mold chalked with initials was signature enough. Colleagues still mention a core mold chalked with initials. In 1961 she married Thomas. The marriage was not a speech; it was groceries, repairs, and three daughters walked to school in weather that did not care. When Thomas died in 2019, she kept what still worked: the early walk, the small garden, the call on Sundays. Neighbors remember someone who swept the sidewalk past the property line when weather had been unfair. She preferred the hour before a town fully wakes. Pueblo was home enough that she never rehearsed an introduction. The recipe card is still stained in the useful places.