IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Gloria Jean

Gloria Jean Palmer Profile Photo

Palmer

April 13, 1944 – October 17, 2025

Obituary

In the quiet moments when words fall short, we remember the strength of a woman who shaped our lives not with grand gestures but with unwavering love and resilience. Our mother was a force.  A bold, brave, spicy, and complex soul who lived life unapologetically and on her own terms.

She weathered many storms with dignity, faced pain with courage and taught us that strength is not the absence of struggle but the presence of faith in the midst of it.  She chose peace over intervention, and we honored that decision not as a surrender, but as a final act of strength.

She has not left us, she is leading us once more, this time into acceptance, into love that transcends time, and to the sacred space where spirit meets eternity.  We mourn because we love deeply but we also celebrate her life, her legacy, and the quiet power she carried through every season.

Mom, you were one of a kind. And though you may have left this world, your essence lives on in every story, every laugh, and every heart you touched.  We love you. We honor you. And we thank you for showing us how to live boldly.  Let us hold each other close, speak her name with reverence and remember her story lives on in us.  Her strength is our inheritance, and her love is our compass.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from 10:00 am until 11:00 am, on  Friday, October 24, 2025, at the Walker Event Center, 3939 Reading Road (Corner of Reading and Paddock), Cincinnati  (45229).   The funeral service will immediately follow the visitation,  beginning at 11:00 am. Friends and family will gather to share memories, find solace in one another's company, and honor the legacy she leaves behind.

She will be laid to rest at Vine Street Hill Cemetery, 3701 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220.

We invite you to take a few moments to share fond memories and words of comfort and condolence with the Palmer family. Please click the "Tribute Wall" icon above and to the right, enter the information, and click "Save Post."

Walker Funeral Home and Crematory  is caring for the Palmer family during this difficult time.  Please call 513.251.6200 or visit www.HerbWalker.com for additional information.

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Services

Visitation

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October
24

10:00 - 11:00 am

Funeral Ceremony

Calendar
October
24

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Interment (Final Resting Place)

Vine Street Hill Cemetery

3701 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45220

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