Life for farm families in the 1890s was difficult and dreary. A friendly get-together and wild stories were appreciated around a potbelly stove, and it didn’t matter if the storytellers stretched facts into legends. So it was with “riding the Gleaner goat” as an initiation.

With a nationwide blood shortage emergency, Gleaner Life Insurance Society will host a Sept. 11 Red Cross blood drive as part of the society’s 130th birthday celebration. The project is called “130 pints for 130 years.”

Gleaner Life Insurance Society is proud to announce the addition of William M. Tuttamore of Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio, to the board of directors.

Gleaner Life Insurance Society pays tribute to former Vice President and Board of Directors Chairman Bill B. Warner, who passed away surrounded by family July 12, 2024, in Adrian, Michigan.