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Glen Ivan Merkley

Birth	:	14 Aug 1904 Sac County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	13 Feb 1946 Schaller, Sac County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Schaller Cemetery, Schaller, Sac County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.5046000, -95.3117600
Description	:	Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church for Glen I. Merkley and were conducted by the pastor, Rev B. Roy Brown. Favorite hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross," "In the Garden" and "Face to Face" were sung by W.F. McLaughlin, Mrs. Lester Schwab, Arlene Grohe, and Walter J. Mohler, with Mrs. Len Blewitt at the pipe organ. Interment was made in the Schaller cemetery, with the following acting as pallbearers: Arthur Stille, Fred Koch, H.H. Spindler, Elmer Birkhofer, Wm. Benson, C.W. Krueger. Glen Ivan Merkley, son of Edgar and Matilda Merkley, was born in Sac county,... Read More	Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church for Glen I. Merkley and were conducted by the pastor, Rev B. Roy Brown. Favorite hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross," "In the Garden" and "Face to Face" were sung by W.F. McLaughlin, Mrs. Lester Schwab, Arlene Grohe, and Walter J. Mohler, with Mrs. Len Blewitt at the pipe organ. Interment was made in the Schaller cemetery, with the following acting as pallbearers: Arthur Stille, Fred Koch, H.H. Spindler, Elmer Birkhofer, Wm. Benson, C.W. Krueger. Glen Ivan Merkley, son of Edgar and Matilda Merkley, was born in Sac county, August 14, 1904, and passed away Feb 13, 1945, at the age of 41 years and 6 months. He was the youngest of a family of nine children. He spent all his life in this community and received his education in the Schaller schools. He was united in marriage to Gladys Hahne, and to this union were born four children: Charlotte LaVon, Darrell Eugene, Glennadean Ann, and Donna Marie. They resided on a farm east of town. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brother and two sisters, and leaves to mourn his untimely death, he wife, Gladys, three daughters and one son, who is serving in the navy and was present for the funeral, four brothers, Issac of Minnesota, Loren of Sac City, Ross and Vernon of California, and many other relatives and friends. Mr. Merkley had been in very poor health for the past year, and just before his death spent two days at Rochester, Minn., where he hoped to find relief from continuous pain. Sometime Wednesday evening while home from town, he stopped the car in a fit of despondency and took his own life with a shotgun. The lifeless body was found by a neighbor, Raymond Voss. The daughter, Glennadean, remains very seriously ill at the Sioux Valley hospital in Cherokee. Taken from the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune 21 Feb 1946.

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Glen Ivan Merkley's memorial is located at: Schaller Cemetery, Schaller, Sac County, USA.
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Glen Ivan Merkley death on 13 Feb 1946 in Schaller, Sac County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.5046000
Longitude: -95.3117600

Family Members:

Parent

Edgar Cephrenus Merkley

(1859 - 1939)

Matilda Valerie Wylie Merkley

(1865 - 1939)

Spouse

Gladys Hahne Roberts

(1907 - 1986)

Siblings

Stella Gertrude Merkley Adams

(1889 - 1926)

Children

Lavon Merkley Dorsey

(1926 - 2012)

Pvt Darrell Eugene Merkley

(1928 - 2001)

Donna Marie Merkley Davis

(1932 - 2014)

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Coordinate: 42.5046000, -95.3117600

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Coordinate: 42.5752600, -95.3199980

8. Galva Township Cemetery East
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Coordinate: 42.4650002, -95.1446991

13. Emmanuel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.3993988, -95.2063980

14. Early Union Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.4578018, -95.1425018

15. Protestant Union Cemetery
Early, Sac County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4294014, -95.1483002

16. Diamond Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6156006, -95.4480972

17. Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6539001, -95.2339020

18. Sac County Farm Cemetery
Early, Sac County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4295560, -95.1175190

19. Nemaha Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5102997, -95.0905991

20. Richland Cemetery
Sac County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3544006, -95.2238998

21. Storm Lake Cemetery
Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6352800, -95.1744400

22. Woodlawn Cemetery
Alta, Buena Vista County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6730600, -95.2908300

23. Holstein Cemetery
Holstein, Ida County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5119019, -95.5436020

24. Salem Reform Cemetery
Sac County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3555984, -95.1866989