Bell, Glen V. 1899-1958

BELL, BOUMA, COOPER, HARNESS, MCNELLY, WYSS, WEYERS, NEARMEYER, HAFT

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Date: 3/15/2011 at 08:42:32

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; Aug. 18, 1958

GLEN BELL DIES; FORMER LOCAL CHIEF OF POLICE

Glen V. Bell of Grinnell died Sunday morning at a local hospital following an illness of seven months.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. William L. Willis of the Glad Tidings Assembly of God church officiating. Burial will be in Hazelwood cemetery.

Music at the services will be furnished by Mrs. Rhee Auman. Pallbearers will be Bill Osborn, Don Killian, Roscoe Salyers, Floyd State, Marshall Pierce, and Ralph Larsen.

Mr. Bell was born July 21st, 1899, at Killduff, the son of Andrew and Mary Bouma Bell. During World War I he served with the U.S. Army and on Dec. 24th, 1924, he was married to Flonnie Cooper at Monroe.

To this union were born seven children: Mrs. Kenneth (Edith) Harness of Newton, Mrs. Sterling (Dorothy) McNelly of Des Moines, Glen Bell, Jr., of Grinnell, Kenneth Bell of Anaheim, Calif., Richard Bell of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Ross (Margaret) Wyss of Grinnell, and Joseph Bell of Grinnell.

Also surviving are two brothers and two sisters, Ivan and Otis Bell of Monroe and Mrs. Ted Weyers and Mrs. Ray Nearmeyer of Newton. His step-mother, Mrs. Mary Haft Bell also survives. His parents preceded him in death.

Mr. Bell came to Grinnell 29 years ago from Monroe. He was well known here, having served as chief of police and had also worked for the college and the city. He was a member of the American Legion.