PINE ISLAND -- A memorial service for Karl D. Glabe will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Oronoco, with the Rev. Janet Shannon officiating. His body was cremated. Burial will be in Oronoco Cemetery.
Mr. Glabe, 94, of Pine Island, died Tuesday (July 10, 2007) at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Born Oct. 13, 1912, on the family farm in Oronoco Township, Olmsted County, he graduated from Pine Island High School in 1931. He then attended the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture and returned to the family farm. On Oct. 8, 1943, he married Ruth H. Pike in Rochester. The couple farmed, and he was a salesman for Pioneer Seed Co. They moved to Pine Island in October 2006. Mr. Glabe was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Oronoco, where he held many offices and received his 50-year pin for teaching Sunday school. He was a member of the Pine Island School Board for 10 years, the Rochester Masonic Lodge, and the Osman Shrine. He enjoyed traveling.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Annette Glabe of Grass Valley, Calif., Marilyn (Ron) Monson of Rochester and Jane (Ed) Shanks of Buffalo, Minn.; and a son, Leland (Lori) of Oronoco. Other survivors include three granddaughters, Claire Shanks, and Brittiny and Chelsie Glabe; and two grandsons, Ben Shanks and Cody Glabe. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman J. and Florence M. (Stedman) Glabe; two brothers; and a granddaughter.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Mahn Family Funeral Home-Mahler Chapel in Pine Island, and an hour before the service Saturday at the church.
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Mr. Glabe, 94, of Pine Island, died Tuesday (July 10, 2007) at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Born Oct. 13, 1912, on the family farm in Oronoco Township, Olmsted County, he graduated from Pine Island High School in 1931. He then attended the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture and returned to the family farm. On Oct. 8, 1943, he married Ruth H. Pike in Rochester. The couple farmed, and he was a salesman for Pioneer Seed Co. They moved to Pine Island in October 2006. Mr. Glabe was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Oronoco, where he held many offices and received his 50-year pin for teaching Sunday school. He was a member of the Pine Island School Board for 10 years, the Rochester Masonic Lodge, and the Osman Shrine. He enjoyed traveling.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Annette Glabe of Grass Valley, Calif., Marilyn (Ron) Monson of Rochester and Jane (Ed) Shanks of Buffalo, Minn.; and a son, Leland (Lori) of Oronoco. Other survivors include three granddaughters, Claire Shanks, and Brittiny and Chelsie Glabe; and two grandsons, Ben Shanks and Cody Glabe. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman J. and Florence M. (Stedman) Glabe; two brothers; and a granddaughter.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Mahn Family Funeral Home-Mahler Chapel in Pine Island, and an hour before the service Saturday at the church.
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PINE ISLAND -- A memorial service for Karl D. Glabe will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Oronoco, with the Rev. Janet Shannon officiating. His body was cremated. Burial will be in Oronoco Cemetery.
Mr. Glabe, 94, of Pine Island, died Tuesday (July 10, 2007) at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Born Oct. 13, 1912, on the family farm in Oronoco Township, Olmsted County, he graduated from Pine Island High School in 1931. He then attended the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture and returned to the family farm. On Oct. 8, 1943, he married Ruth H. Pike in Rochester. The couple farmed, and he was a salesman for Pioneer Seed Co. They moved to Pine Island in October 2006. Mr. Glabe was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Oronoco, where he held many offices and received his 50-year pin for teaching Sunday school. He was a member of the Pine Island School Board for 10 years, the Rochester Masonic Lodge, and the Osman Shrine. He enjoyed traveling.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Annette Glabe of Grass Valley, Calif., Marilyn (Ron) Monson of Rochester and Jane (Ed) Shanks of Buffalo, Minn.; and a son, Leland (Lori) of Oronoco. Other survivors include three granddaughters, Claire Shanks, and Brittiny and Chelsie Glabe; and two grandsons, Ben Shanks and Cody Glabe. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman J. and Florence M. (Stedman) Glabe; two brothers; and a granddaughter.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Mahn Family Funeral Home-Mahler Chapel in Pine Island, and an hour before the service Saturday at the church.
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Mr. Glabe, 94, of Pine Island, died Tuesday (July 10, 2007) at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Born Oct. 13, 1912, on the family farm in Oronoco Township, Olmsted County, he graduated from Pine Island High School in 1931. He then attended the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture and returned to the family farm. On Oct. 8, 1943, he married Ruth H. Pike in Rochester. The couple farmed, and he was a salesman for Pioneer Seed Co. They moved to Pine Island in October 2006. Mr. Glabe was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Oronoco, where he held many offices and received his 50-year pin for teaching Sunday school. He was a member of the Pine Island School Board for 10 years, the Rochester Masonic Lodge, and the Osman Shrine. He enjoyed traveling.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Annette Glabe of Grass Valley, Calif., Marilyn (Ron) Monson of Rochester and Jane (Ed) Shanks of Buffalo, Minn.; and a son, Leland (Lori) of Oronoco. Other survivors include three granddaughters, Claire Shanks, and Brittiny and Chelsie Glabe; and two grandsons, Ben Shanks and Cody Glabe. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman J. and Florence M. (Stedman) Glabe; two brothers; and a granddaughter.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Mahn Family Funeral Home-Mahler Chapel in Pine Island, and an hour before the service Saturday at the church.
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