GLASSEL, Joan Elizabeth 1932-2002

GLASSEL, REINBOLD, UHL, SCHABLE, RYKHUS, JENKINS, SCHMIDT, COLLINS, FRIEDRICHSEN, TJADEN, JUELFS, COLLINS

Posted By: Jeffrey R. Phillips (email)
Date: 1/15/2005 at 21:44:26

Joan Glassel
By: 11/27/2002

September 26, 1932-November 24, 2002

DANBURY-Joan Elizabeth Glassel, 70, of Danbury died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2002, at her daughter's home in Ida Grove, following a lengthy illness. Services will be Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. William Schreiber and Monsignor Mark Duchaine will officiate.

Joan was born Sept. 26, 1932, in Mapleton to Clifford and Mercedes Reinbold Uhl. She attended public and parochial schools in Mapleton and later graduated from OR Tech School at St. Joseph's Hospital in Sioux City. On June 16, 1955, she married Doug Glassel in Sioux City. They were married for 20 years and then divorced. Their relationship was rekindled and they enjoyed a special friendship in later years. Joan worked as an operating room tech at St. Joseph's and at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove. Joan retired in 1986. She was a member of St. Mary's Rosary Society, Danbury Euchre Club, and subbed for many card clubs. She was an avid Hawkeye fan and enjoyed all sports and politics.

She is survived by five daughters, Linda Glassel of Coralville, Chris Schable and husband Don of Hubbard, Peggy Rykhus and husband Jimmy of Boulder City, Nev., Diane Jenkins and husband Dale of Ida Grove, and Janet Schmidt and husband David of Holstein; 11 grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; a brother, Alan Uhl and wife Lisa of Douglastown, N.Y.; and four sisters, Elaine Collins and Lavonne Friedrichsen and husband Ray all of Mapleton, Colleen Tjaden and husband Jack of Iowa Falls, and Sherry Juelfs and husband Dick of Cushing; two sisters-in-law Mary Uhl of Oto and Judy Ohl of Glendora, Calif. She was preceded in death by a special friend Douglas Glassel, a son, John Glassel; a granddaughter, Rhianna Glassel; a great-granddaughter, Mariah Glassell; her parents; three brothers, Robert, Kenneth and Clifford Jr. Uhl; and a brother-in-law, Eugene Collins.

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