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Glen Bridges

1910 - 1969

 

 

Services held for Glen Bridges, 59

Funeral services were held Saturday, September 6, at 2 p.m. from the United Methodist church for Glen Bridges, 59, who died unexpectedly at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. He had been a patient there for a short time.

Words of comfort were given by the Rev. George Brighton. Organist was Mrs. Robert Schulz; comfort in music was offered by Mrs. Roy Arnold and Mrs. Wayne Whitney singing "How Great Thou Art" and "Beyond the Sunset."

The pallbearers were; Roger Ridder, Dennis Ridder, Robert Beier, Gordon Beier, Stanley Bridges, and Jerry Stokesbary, nephews of the deceased. Mr. Bridges was laid to rest in the Klemme Cemetery at Klemme with the Johnston Funeral Home in charge of services.

Glen (Sport) Bridges, son of Herman and Elizabeth Fanslow Bridges, was born near Dows in Wright County, on June 17, 1910. At the age of two years, he came to the Klemme community with his parents and lived on a farm northwest of Klemme in Liberty Township.

As a youth he attended the rural schools near his home. On April 12, 1935, he was united in marriage with Valeria Koerner, at Estherville, Iowa, by the Rev. Fred Ortmeyer. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges continued to make Klemme their home since then.

For some years, Mr. Bridges had been employed with the Klemme Hardware and recently had been in business for himself as a repair and serviceman.

He had been a member of the Klemme Voluntary Fire Department and had also served on the local school board.

Glen passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt at the age of 59 years.

He is survived by his wife, Valeria and seven children: Sharon, Mrs. Richard Gardner, of Clarion; Berleen, Mrs. Paul Olson, of Williams; Gaylon Bridges of Annapolis, Maryland; Collyn Bridges in college at Mankato, Minn.; Vicki, Mrs. Ed Whitman, of Ankeny; Royce Bridges, United States Navy; and Nyla Bridges, a sophomore in the Klemme school. Also surviving are two sisters and two brothers: Gladys, Mrs. Walter Drake, of Waukeegan, Ill.; Irene, Mrs. Troy Davis of DeRidder, Louisiana; Orville Bridges of Klemme; and Cecil Bridges of Thornton; as well as nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Faye and Maude.

source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 10 Sep 1969, page A6, column 6

 

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