BROWN, Glenn F.
BROWN, WARE, WEIDA, HAFFTEN, BERNARD, NORSTRUD, GABBER, COLLIER, WEGENER, PETER
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/30/2016 at 09:58:31
Obituary ~ Glenn F. Brown
November 17, 1921 ~ August 28, 1996The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
August 30, 1996Glenn F. Brown, 74, of 1451 N. Rhode Island Ave., died Wednesday (Aug. 28, 1996) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Ave., with the Rev. Merlin Ackerson officiating.
There will be a time of sharing and reminiscing from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with a flag presentation at 6 p.m. by the Mason City Memorial Association.
Private family burial of cremains will be at a later date at Rock Falls Cemetery, Rock Falls.
Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa in memory of Glenn F. Brown.
Glenn was born Nov. 17, 1921, in Eubank, Ky., son of Lawrence F. and Minnie B. (Ware) Brown. The family lived in Indiana and Kentucky, before moving to Rock Falls in 1931. He graduated from Rock Falls High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, receiving battle stars for Southern Philippines Liberation, Western Pacific China Offensive and served on Leyte Island.
Glen was married on Nov. 15, 1947, to Shirley E. Weida, in Mason City.
He worked as a production manager for Agri-Industries for 29 years, retiring Dec. 1, 1983.
Glenn was an avid baseball player and fan. He was a pitcher and played for many North Iowa Independent baseball teams in the 1950s. He closely followed football and was an especially ardent fan of the Minnesota Vikings.
For 14 years, he was manager and umpire for Knights of Columbus Baseball League.
Some highlights he looked forward to were family gatherings at their cabin near Sauk Centre, Minn., and the annual family vacation on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a lifetime member of the VFW and a 30 year member of the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley E. Brown of Mason City; daughters, Cheryl E. Hafften and special friend, David Bernard, Mounds View, Minn., and Chereen K. Norstrud and husband, David, of Brooklyn Center, Minn.; sons, James G. Brown and his wife, Bobby, of Las Vegas, Nev., and Jerry L. Brown and his wife, Diane, of Golden Valley, Minn.; grandchildren, Vanessa and Chelsea Brown, Lainie Norstrud, Kayla Gabbert, Stephanie, Kendall and Jessica Brown; sisters, Velma Collier, of Williamstown, Ky., Wilma Wegener, Mason City, and Wanda Peter and her husband, Vernon, of Nora Springs; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Lawrence and James.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016
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