Coleman, Glenn Douglas 1949-1968

COLEMAN, THORPE

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 5/13/2016 at 20:53:27

Hawarden Independent October 17, 1968

ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN CITY
Tragedy struck Hawarden again last Friday evening when Glenn Douglas Coleman, 19, of rural Hawarden was struck by an automobile in Hawarden while he was driving a motorcycle without lights. Coleman died of brain damage about four hours after the accident.

Mrs. Gladys S. Dimmick of Hawarden was driver of the car which struck Coleman. She was not injured. The motorcycle was owned by Robert Munns of Hawarden who was charged by Highway Patrolman Bill Miller with permitting an unauthorized person to operate a motor vehicle.

Funeral services for Coleman were held at Dow Funeral chapel Monday afternoon with Dr. G. S. Bruland officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill cemetery in Hawarden. Mrs. Noe was organist, and Miss Cathie Johannsen sang "In the Garden" and "Softly and Tenderly." Casket bearers were Robert Scott, Ray Dimmick, Joe Carr, Duane Terpstra, Terry Finch, and Gary Bakker.

Coleman was born September 17, 1949, in Hudson, South Dakota. He moved to rural Hawarden
with his parents as a young boy. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Coleman of Hawarden, he is survived by six brothers, Randy at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Robert, Bradley, Bruce, Marty, and Cory, all at home; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Blankenship and Nancy and Peggy, all of Hawarden; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Coleman of Hawarden, and his maternal grandfather, Ralph Thorpe of Hudson.