GLEASON, Edmund C. 1923-2009

GLEASON, OLSEN, GILBAUGH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/27/2009 at 18:02:47

Edmund C. Gleason, Sr.

Visitation:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Hauser Funeral Home
1205 South Main Street
Charles City, Iowa

Service:
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
106 Chapel Lane
Charles City, Iowa

Special Services:
The Rosary will be recited at 7 P.M. on Wednesday, followed by a Vigil Scriptural Wake Service.

Edmund C. Gleason, Sr., 86, of Charles City, died Friday evening, September 25, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Olmsted county, Minnesota.

Monsignor Stanley J. Hayek will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Charles City. There will be a flag presentation by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Edmund Charles Gleason was born August 12, 1923 to Raymond Sr. and Mina (Olsen) Gleason in Ruthven, Iowa. He graduated from Ruthven High School in 1940, attended Wofford University in South Carolina and served with the 1258th Engineer Combat Battalion in World War II, in Germany and at the Battle of the Bulge.

He moved to Charles City in 1946 and on January 4, 1947, he married Margaret “Peggy” Gilbaugh. He was a Product Engineer at Oliver (later White Farm Equipment) for over 35 years. He was a member of the VFW, Knights of Columbus, Wildwood Golf Course and Moose Lodge. He loved golfing, dancing, bowling, reading, fishing and his family.

Survivors include his wife Peggy; children: Vicki (Roger) Clemons, Waterloo, Iowa, Larry Gleason (Valerie Williams), Ames, Iowa, Julie (Mike) Sherraden, Kingwood, Texas, Steve (Barb) Gleason, Charles City, Iowa, Diane (Duane) White, Waverly, Iowa and Edmund Jr. “Ned” Gleason, Charles City, Iowa; brother and sisters Maureen Weir, Ruthven, Iowa, Tom Gleason, Pleasanton, Calif., Mary Beth “Betty” Grady, Lynwood, Washington; sister-in-law Helen (Lloyd) Rekow, Seattle, Washington; 9 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; 3 step-great grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson and numerous nephews and nieces.

Ed was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers: Frank, Joseph, and Raymond Jr.

Memorials may be directed to the family.