Van Nimwegen, Glenn

VAN NIMWEGEN, SOPHER

Posted By: volunteer (email)
Date: 7/18/2005 at 21:02:33

Interment for Glenn Van Nimwegen, 57 of Jackson Wy and Pella, who passed away Nov. 5, was held at the Oakwood Cemetery in Pella.

Glenn Carl Van Nimwegen, born to Marion and Margaret Elizabeth Sopher Van Nimwegen, was born on May 15, 1946 in Oskaloosa. He attended the Pella Public Schools in Pella.

Glenn pursued a career in freelance nature and landscaping photography. He spent over 30 years roaming the United States in his pickup and with his camera. He traveled and photographed in 49 states. His landscape and wildlife photographs appeared in numerous publications, books, magazines, calendars, posters and post cards. These included covers and photo essays in Audubon Magazine, Time-Life Books, National Graphic Books, National Wildlife Federation Magazine and Books, Natural History Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Birder's World, Sierra Club and Audubon calendars, to name just a few. His work appeared regionally and locally in publications on Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks; including K. C. Publications, Sierra Press Publications, Grand Teton Natural History Association Publications, Jackson Hole-Crossroads of the West and others.

Glenn is survived by his brother Keith Lee Van Nimwegen and his wife, Patty, of West Des Moines; seven nieces and nephews.

Glenn was preceded in death by his parents: his father, Marion, his mother, Margaret, and an older brother who died at birth on July 16, 1938.

For those desiring, memorials in his memory may be given to the Nature Conservancy.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella.

The Pella Chronicle, November 20, 2003