Glen J. AMOSSON

AMOSSON, JURGENSON, ULSTAD, ANDERSON, BERTZ, FINNEGAN, PIERCE, DYE, JOTTEN, HANSEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/1/2008 at 14:45:41

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter - IA
July, 1998

Glen J. Amosson, 88, of Clear Lake, died at his home, Monday, June 29, 1998. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 2, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Kermit Roisen and Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Interment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, today (Wednesday), July 1, from 3 to 7 p.m. and one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to the Clear Lake Senior Citizens or Opportunity Village.

Glen was born April 12, 1910 at Renwick, Iowa, the son of Amos and Julia (Jurgenson) Amosson. He married Agnes Ulstad Jan. 14, 1933 in Sioux City, Neb. They moved south of Clear Lake where they farmed. Glen and Agnes moved into their present home in Clear Lake in 1975, but continued to help his sons on the farm. He enjoyed going down to the Senior Citizens Center to play cards, shooting pool, and fishing with his boys. Time spent with his family was very important to Glen. Glen was a former member of the FHA board, Zion Lutheran Board of Trustees, Burchinal Elevator Co-op Board, (25 years), Mt. Vernon Township Trustee, Farmer’s Co-op Gas and Oil Board, Mason City, Iowa, Clear Lake Senior Citizens (Board Past President), and past Farm Bureau president.

He is survived by his wife, Agnes Amosson, Clear Lake; three sons, Roger Amosson and his wife, Barbara, Clear Lake, Ron Amosson and his wife, Susan, West Des Moines, Iowa, Bob Amosson and his wife, Patricia, Rockwell, Iowa; one brother, Orville Amosson and his wife, Ann, of Ottumwa, Iowa; one sister Rozella Anderson and her husband, Clifford, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; six grandchildren, Vicky Bertz, Susan Finnegan and her husband, Mike, Amy Pierce and her husband, Jeff, Scott Amosson and his wife, Vonnie, Jeremy Amosson and Aaron Amosson; eight great-grandchildren, Jenny Bertz, Sarah Bertz, Chris Finnegan, Patrick Finnegan, Nicholas Pierce, Meg Pierce, Whitney Dye and Colby Dye. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Gladys Jotten and Bertha Hansen; and six brothers, Sam Amosson, Eddy Amosson, Harold Amosson, Duane Amosson, Donald Amosson and Richard Amosson.