OBITUARY: Virgil Lee Glassel, 1934-1995, Mitchell County, Iowa

Adapted from: MASON CITY GLOBE GAZETTE - Nov. 29, 1995
                                         



                         Virgil L. Glassel

HAYWARD, Minn.-- Funeral services for Virgil L. Glassel, 61, of
Hayward, will be held on Thursday, Nov. 30, 1995, at the Hayward
Lutheran Church, Hayward; with the Rev. Scott Duffus officiating.

Interment will be in the Hayward Cemetery. Military honors will
be accorded by area servicemen's clubs.

The Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, 1415 N. Highway 13, Albert Lea,
Minnesota, is in charge of arrangments.

Virgil died on Monday, November 27, 1995, at the Naeve Hospital in
Albert Lea.

Virgil Lee Glassel was born July 14, 1934 at Osage, Iowa, the
son of Sylvin and Hazel (Perkins) Glassel.

He graduated from high school in Carpenter, Iowa. After graduation,
he farmed in Iowa.  Virgil entered the United States Army and served
from 1957-1959.

On Dec. 6, 1959, he was united in marriage to Delores Helm at
Northwood, Iowa.  The couple farmed in Iowa until 1963, when they
moved to Hayward, Minn.

The couple later moved to California, where they lived for nine
and one-half years. They returned to Minnesota in 1976.  Virgil
then worked as a feed manager for the Hayward Co-op, retiring
in 1994.

Virgil also served as a fireman in Hayward, was a member of the Hayward
Lutheran Church and the Eagle's.

Survivors include his wife, Delores of Hayward; daughters, Debbie
Kiser and her husband, James, of Houston, Texas, Carol and her
husband, Terry Brandt of Albert Lea, MInn., Elaine and her husband,
Alden Chamberline, of Anchorage, Alaska, and Sandy and her husband,
Ray Barber of Spring, Texas; one son, Dennis Glassel and his
wife, Holly, of Albert Lea, Minn.; 11 grandchildren, brothers,
Ronald Glassel and his wife, Lola of Georgetown, Calif., and
Robert Glassel and his wife, Virginia, of St. Ansgar; sisters,
Sylvia Anderson of Citrus Heights, Calif., and Norma Ellis of
Salem, Ore.; nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Virgil was preceded in death by his parents; and one grandson,
Aaron Brandt.




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