of Pontiac, passed away December 16, 2017 at 80 years of age. Loving wife of the late Dan Self; beloved mother of Mike (Lisa Bloom) Lay, Marlene (Steve) Eddy, and the late Marvin Lay; grandmother of Dan (Jennifer), Tara, Jamie (Sara), Angela (Emily), Frank, and Amanda (Sean); great grandmother of 13; sister of Melvin and Donald (Joyce) Sanders. Preceded in death by 5 siblings. Gloria was a very creative woman, always turning nothing into something. Come springtime, you would find her in her flower garden from morning until dusk, her favorite time of year with everything green and growing. A and independent woman who loved her family very much.