Reeves, Glenn A. 1917-1999

REEVES, HEEMSTRA

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 2/7/2006 at 21:01:57

From the Sioux City Journal, Wednesday, February 24, 1999:
Glenn A. Reeves

LEMARS, Iowa--Glenn A. Reeves, 81, of LeMars died Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center in LeMars.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Presbyterian United Church of Christ in LeMars. The Rev. Leonard Waller of Nazarene Church will officiate and the Rev. John Jenkins will give the eulogy. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in LeMars.

Mr. Reeves was born July 10, 1917, near LeMars, the son of Wilbert and Cynthia (Heemstra) Reeves. He attended school in LeMars.

He married Thelma Dempster on Jan. 24, 1940, in LeMars. The couple farmed near LeMars and then moved to a farm near Kingsley, Iowa, where they farmed for many years. They returned to LeMars 18 years ago.

He was a member of Free Methodist Church and the Church of the Nazarene.

Survivors include his wife; two sons and their wives, Warren and Christine of Kingsley and Duane and Vivien of Orange City, Iowa; three daughters and their husbands, Marlene and the Rev. John Jenkins of Oroville, Wash., Norma and John Rempe of Littleton, Colo., and Nancy and Ray Gavi of Aurora, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother and his wife, Ernest and Dolly of Pharr, Texas; two sisters, Mabel Parks of Prescott, Ariz., and Myrtle Parks of Winnewood (sic-Wynnewood), Okla; and a sister-in-law, Viola Reeves of Missouri.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Lawrence.

Publication and date unknown (probably the LeMars Sentinel; Glenn died February 22, 1999):
Glenn A. Reeves

Glenn A. Reeves, 81, of LeMars, died Monday, Feb. 22, 1999 at Brentwood Good Samaritan Center in LeMars.

Services were held on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 10:30 a.m. at Presbyterian United Church of Christ in LeMars. The Rev. Leonard Waller of Nazarene Church offficiated and the Rev. John Jenkins gave the eulogy. The Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in LeMars was in charge of arrangements.

Glenn was born July 10, 1917 near LeMars, the son of Wilbert and Cynthia (Heemstra) Reeves. He attended school in LeMars. On Jan. 24, 1940 he married Thelma Dempster in LeMars. The couple farmed near LeMars and then moved to a farm near Kingsley where they farmed for many years. They returned to LeMars 18 years ago.

Mr. Reeves was a member of Free Methodist Church and the Church of the Nazarene.

Suvivors include his wife; two sons and their wives, Warren and Christine of Kingsley and Duane and Vivien of Orange City; three daughters and their husbands, Marlene and the Rev. John Jenkins of Oroville, Wash., Norma and John Rempe of Littleton, Colo., and Nancy and Ray Gavi of Aurora, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother and his wife, Ernest and Dolly of Pharr, Tex.; two sisters, Mabel Parks of Prescott, Ariz., and Myrtle Parks of Winnewood (sic-Wynnewood), Okla.; and a sister-in-law, Viola Reeves of Missourit.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Lawrence.

From Glenn's funeral folder:
Music--LeNora Reeves, Organist; Trio-Paulette Dempster, Shelly Brown, and Pam Netley--
"The Eastern Gate", "Jesus Savior, Pilot Me"; Congregational Hymn--"Hiding in Thee"
Pallbearers--Eric Reeves, Scott Reeves, Jeff Gavi, Michael Rempe, Gene Reeves, Arnold Parks