RICHARDS, Glenn Charles 1920-1998

RICHARDS, WHITCOMB, HAVIG

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/18/2009 at 15:10:06

Glenn Charles Richards

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CARPENTER, IOWA — Glenn Charles Richards, 78, died Saturday (July 11, 1998) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Osage, with the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Burial will be at the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Masonic rites will be held at 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Glenn Charles Richards was born May 20, 1920, on a farm near Otranto in Mitchell County, the son of Clinton L. and Mary (Whitcomb) Richards. He attended Otranto schools and graduated from Otranto High School in 1939. He attended Iowa State University in Ames.

On June 3, 1943, he was united in marriage to Leona Havig at her family home in Osage. They farmed 22 years in Mitchell County. In 1965, he started working for Amoco Fertilizer Company in Carpenter and was employed as plant manager until his retirement in 1981. He continued to work part-time at the fertilizer plant until his death.

Glenn joined the Masonic organization in 1941 as a member of the Osage Lodge 102. He continued his advancement until he received the Knights of the York Cross of Honor, and received the Honorary 33rd Degree of the York Rite.

Glenn was mayor of Carpenter for 27 years, having never officially run for the office, being elected each time by write-in vote. He was fire chief in Carpenter for many years. He served as chairman of the Community Center project that included restoration of the school gym. He received the State of Iowa Outstanding Leadership Award. He was a former member of NIACOG and a member of Osage Masonic Lodge 102 A.F. & A.M. Glenn was a master woodworker and enjoyed doing fretwork.

He is survived by his wife, Leona Richards of Carpenter; two daughters, Nancy Minnis and her husband, Leland, of Riceville, and Kathy Schulz and her husband, Delbert, of Warrenville, Ill.; one son, Lynn Richards and his wife, Janet, of Des Moines; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Ellen Lenz.

[Mason City Globe Gazette obituary, 7/13/1998]

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GLENN CHARLES RICHARDS

BORN
May 20, 1920

DIED
July 11, 1998

SERVICES AT
Our Savior's Lutheran Church 1:30 P.M. July 14, 1998

OFFICATING
Rev. Roy Ott

INTERMENT
Osage Cemetery

Masonic Rites by Osage Lodge 102 A.F. & A.M.