Glen B. PALS

PALS, PEIL, KOENEN, SUNTKEN, SCHLICHTING

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/19/2010 at 18:45:50

BELMOND, IA - Glen B. Pals, 80, passed away Thursday (Aug. 19, 1999) at the Belmond Community Hospital, Belmond. Funeral services for Glen B. Pals will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Evangelical Free Church, with the Rev. Pat Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in the Alexander Cemetery, near Alexander. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Dugger Ewing Funeral Home, Belmond.

Glen, the son of Herman and Dena Peil Pals, was born March 3, 1919, in Alexander. He grew up and attended country school in the Alexander and Meservey area. As a young man, Glen worked as a farm laborer for Ben Peil. He then started farming with his brother, Robert, in 1954. On March 25, 1967, he was united in marriage to Alice Peil. Alice passed away in 1970. On Aug. 3, 1973, he was united in marriage to Lois Schlichting. The couple made their home southeast of Klemme, where Glen continued farming until retiring in 1982. In 1987, they moved to Belmond. Glen enjoyed watching rodeos and he loved horses. He was also a nature lover, who was always looking for birds and deer. He liked to go for rides in his car. He also loved spending time with his grandchildren. Glen and Lois enjoyed camping, wintering in Texas 11 years. Glen was a member of the Evangelical Free Church, where he was baptized in 1978.

Glen is survived by his wife, Lois; four stepchildren, Wayne Schlichting and his wife, Linda, of Britt, Merlin Schlichting and his wife, Kay, of Britt, Melvin Schlichting, of Klemme, and Donavon Peil, of Belmond; 15 grandchildren; five step great-grandchildren; two sisters, Irene Koenen, of Meservey, and Berniece Suntken and her husband, Herman, of Belmond; one brother, Robert Pals, of Alexander. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife. Dugger Ewing Funeral Home.

August 21, 1999
Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa