PAULUS, Glenn F. 1922-2001

TUMA, PAULUS, KORGEL, HUMPAL, ELSBERND, FREEMAN, HOOVER

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Date: 10/10/2010 at 19:19:05

Decorah Journal, Thursday, Feb . 22, 2001

Glenn F. Paulus

Editor's Note: The following obituary was recently received by Decorah Newspapers.

Glenn Paulus, 78, of Dayton, Ohio, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001 at the Dayton V.A. Medical Center.

Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. with David Kisner, pastor of Washington Heights Baptist Church and Dr. David Drullinger, professor of Bible at Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio, officiating.

Additional services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 in Berwyn, Illinois at the Marik and Sons Funeral home. Officiating was Rev. Bryan Jones, interim pastor at Cicero Bible church.

Interment was at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, with full military honors.

Glenn F. Paulus was born March 16, 1922 in Chicago, to Joseph and Mary Justine (Tuma) Paulus.

Glenn Paulus was the nephew of the deceased Joe and Mae (Korgel) Tuma of CALMAR. The family farm, on U.S. Highway 52 between CALMAR and DECORAH, of which the Tuma's owned a part, has been in the family since the early 1800's, and had been under operation of the late George and Margie Humpal, and more recently by Cletus and Georgina Elsbernd and son Rick and Valerie Elsbernd of CALMAR.

While spending summers on the farm with the Tuma's, Glenn Paulus was drafted from Decorah in 1940. During World War II, he was an aerial photographer with the 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, Pacific Air Command.

Upon his return he started Candid Wedding Photographers/Color Candids by Glenn, which was an enterprise that grew from his work in Chicago with two Czechoslovakian brothers-in-law, Otto Motal and Joseph Stradiot.

Moving his family to Phoenix, Ariz., in 1958, "Mr. Glenn" expanded his photography business into five western states and began his own processing lab, which won an award from Eastman Kodak Company as the "largest,
most modern photo lab west of the Mississippi."

In 1975, Glenn Paulus sold his interest in the business to his partners, cousins Elbert Leistner and Rudy Kwilos, but remained a consultant to the firm until he retired in 1990.

Shortly thereafter, he and his wife, Lorraine Paulus moved to Mountain Home, Ark., to enjoy their retirement and remained there until a debilitating illness caused them to seek treatment in Dayton, Ohio, where their youngest son, Terry Paulus, could oversee his medical treatment.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Lorraine M. (Freeman) Paulus; four sons and one daughter, Glenn Jay and Melainie Paulus of Stockton, Calif.; Garrett Keith Paulus of Albuquerque, N. M.; Timothy Lee and Shenna Paulus of Branson, Mo.; Lorlyn Joy and Sam Hoover of Ashland, Ohio and Terry E. Paulus of Dayton; his twin sister, Iona Mildred Paulus; two cousins, Margie Humpal and Maryann Humpal of DECORAH; 16 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.

Glenn F. Paulus was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Willard John Paulus of Protivin and Elmer Paulus of Chicago.

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.