OBITUARY: Glenn F. Kuenkel, 1918-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa 




                           Glenn F. Kuenkel

Funeral services for Glenn F. Kuenkel, age 86, of Osage, Iowa, were held on
Saturday, April 30, 2005, at the First Baptist Church in Osage, with Rev.
Douglas Brown and Pastor Gary Gilbert officiating.

Burial was in the Osage Cemetery.  Glenn died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at
the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Glenn was born May 28, 1918, in Luck, Wisconsin, the son of Walter and Ida
Kuenkel. As a young man, Glenn worked on many farms in Minnesota and Iowa.
He married Marian Young in Osage on January 23, 1944. They farmed north of
Osage.  Glenn and Marian were active in the Christian & Missionary Alliance
Church.  After Marian passed away, Glenn married Myrtle Lusk on November
16, 1974. Glenn and Myrtle attended the First Baptist Church, where Glenn
served as a deacon, a head usher, and was active in Sunday School.

Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife Marian; his
second wife Myrtle; one sister and one brother; and twin great-grandsons.

Glenn is survived by two daughters: Cheryl Duck and husband Miles of Mason
City, Iowa, and Colleen Gamble and husband Scott also of Mason City; by five
step-sons: Edwin D. Lusk, Jr. and wife Nancy of Fernley, Nevada, Daniel
Lusk and wife Angela of Jonesville, Vermont, John Lusk and wife Betty of
Sioux City, Roland Lusk and wife Charlotte of St. Ignatius, Montana, and
Joseph Lusk and wife Linda of Fort Worth, Texas; by 27 grandchildren; by
20 great-grandchildren; and by two sisters: Jane (Robert) Fritsche of
Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, and Ila (Clarence) Chapman of Hastings, Minnesota.

The arrangements were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa.




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