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W. Henry Galbreth

1908 - 1992

 

W. Henry Galbreth, 84, of Scotish Rite Park, 2909 Woodland Ave., died Saturday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center following brain surgery. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Burial will be at Masonic Cemetery.

Mr. Galbreth was born in St. Ansgar and had lived in Des Moines since 1941. He retired in 1973 as chief of the publications section of the Department of Public Instruction and had been superintendent of the Klemme public schools.

He was a member of Acanthus Masonic Lodge, the Des Moines Consistory, the Walt Whitman Club, The Iowa Retired School Personnel Association, the Des Moines Retired Teachers Association, the Iowa Association of School Administrators, the Iowa State Education Association and the National Education Association.

Surviving are his wife, Hazel; a son, William of Des Moines; and a sister, Ruth VanDeest of Mission Hills, Calif.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Dunn's Funeral Home, where the family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to his church.

source: Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 14 Dec 1992, page 13A, column 3

 

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