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Glen Snell Obituary
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. with the Rev. Verlyn Snell officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date.
A gathering of friends and family will be held one hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimers Research Association Center, P.O. Box 64421, St. Paul, MN 55164-0421 or Hospice of North Iowa.
Glen Snell was born n Oct. 6, 1922, in Colfax, Iowa, to LuVern and Anna (Rasmussen) Snell. He married Mary E. Howell of Vinita, Okla. on May 24, 1942, in National City, Calif.
Glen left Iowa as a Kensett High School graduate when he joined the U.S. Navy as an enlisted man in 1941. Glen honorably served our country for 30 years in the U.S. Naval Submarine Service, beginning with war patrols in the Pacific during World War II.
Highlights of his Navy career include, and are not limited to, earning a commisson as an officer; officer in charge of the building and commissioning of the submarine tender USS Hunley, AS31; founding staff member of Submarine Squadron Fifteen, Guam, and Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Prison, Portsmouth, Maine.
Following retirement from the Navy as a full Commander, he completed post-graduate studies at the University of Oklahoma and later became a Realtor in the State of Washington. He was also a private/commercial pilot and enjoyed woodworking and photography.
Glen returned to Kensett, in February of 1999 and later moved into assisted living at The Homestead in Mason City.
Glen is survived by his children, Dean (Donna) of Okanogan, Wash., Dennis (Maryann) of Hammonton, N.J.; and Sena (Brian) of Kaneohe, Hawaii; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; sister, Bonnie Bergman of Mason City; and brother, Verlyn (Sammy) Snell of Overland Park, Kan.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary E. (Howell) Snell; his parents; two brothers, Morris and Dean Snell; and his sister, Marian (Snell) Palmerton.
The family would like to thank the staff and friends at Mason City Homestead and Hospice of North Iowa, Mason City for their exceptional support and assistance.
Major-Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, Mason City, (641) 423-0924.
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Forrest GORKOWSKI
February 13, 2006
The Snell family name was so familiar and then noted that Bonnie and Verlyn were sister and brother and were part of the Rock Falls group. In fact it was wonderful to see Verlyn at church for the 150th Rock Falls reunion. My mother Irene Gorkowski tried to determine if she knew Glen but didn't and then reading the obit we noticed the Glen graduated from Kensett. So our mystery is solved. It is always sad to have anyone of the family die and our prayers go out to your family at this time.
Linda Phelps
February 7, 2006
With deepest sympathy.
The Phelps Family,
Pete, Linda, Robin and Chad
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