Glenda G. Abel

Glenda Geraldine Eckel was born August 14, 1953, in Bertha, MN. Her parents were Gerald and Clarice (Johnson) Eckel. She attended country school and later attended Eagle Bend High School. She met her husband, Steven Abel, while working in St. Paul, MN. They went to the St. Clair Broiler for their first date. Dad first proposed at a Mickey’s Diner on Snelling on Valentines Day. She lived with her Grandma Lillian for six months before getting married. They had an outdoor wedding at her parent’s house on July 28, 1973, in Eagle Bend, MN. Their first child, David, was born in 1974 and daughter, Diane, born in 1976. They moved to Miltona, MN in April 1976. She worked in a variety of caregiving jobs over the years. Glenda passed away on July 19, 2024, at Our Lady of Peace Hospice Care after fighting a battle with colorectal and ovarian cancer. 

Memorial Service will be 11 AM on August 10, 2024, at Anderson Funeral Home with visitation 1-hour prior to the service. She will be buried in Little Falls, MN at some point in the future. 

Preceding Glenda in death were her parents. She is survived by her husband; Steven Abel, her children; David (Shannon) Abel of Dayton, MN and Diane (Jeff) Hutchinson of Minneapolis, MN; two grandchildren: Hannah Hutchinson of Seattle, WA and Haley Hutchinson of Minneapolis, MN; four brothers: Bruce Eckel, Kevin Eckel, Dale Eckel and Scott Eckel.