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Glen Wesley Tippery

Birth	:	31 Oct 1928 Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	2 Aug 2019 Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Hillcrest Cemetery, Decatur, Burt County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0057983, -96.2577972
Description	:	Funeral services for Glen Tippery, 90, of Decatur, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Decatur’s United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Decatur. A visitation will be held Aug. 16, 5-7 p.m., with family receiving friends, at Pelan Funeral Services in Tekamah. He passed away Aug. 2, 2019, at Arbor Care Center in Tekamah. Glen W. Tippery was born to Roy and Myrtle (Hightree) Tippery on Oct. 31, 1928, in rural Decatur. Glen attended District 10 country school and graduated from Decatur High School in 1945. In... Read More	Funeral services for Glen Tippery, 90, of Decatur, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Decatur’s United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Decatur. A visitation will be held Aug. 16, 5-7 p.m., with family receiving friends, at Pelan Funeral Services in Tekamah. He passed away Aug. 2, 2019, at Arbor Care Center in Tekamah. Glen W. Tippery was born to Roy and Myrtle (Hightree) Tippery on Oct. 31, 1928, in rural Decatur. Glen attended District 10 country school and graduated from Decatur High School in 1945. In December 1951, Glen enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and reported to San Antonio, Texas. He received furlough and spent the entire time helping battle the flooding in Decatur. He was transferred to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nev., where he spent most of basic training in the barracks as the soldiers were quarantined due to a case of spinal meningitis on the base. He served as a clerk typist and witnessed three nuclear bomb tests about 60 miles from Las Vegas. He was then transferred to Wyoming and Selfridge Air Force Base in Michigan, where he oversaw keeping records of servicemen, including some local men. Glen was discharged in 1955 and returned to the family farm. On Jan. 31, 1959, Glen married Joan Herndon. They settled in Quinnebaugh Township until 1999, when they moved to the home of his birth. Glen was a faithful member of the United Methodist Church. He served as a youth leader, Sunday school treasurer and on the church board. He was a member of the American Legion Rogers-Crum Post No. 215 and served as commander there for at least 35 years. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Lyle and Vern Tippery; brothers-in-law, Erwin Hennig, James Magner, Crit Taylor, Edwin Stauber, Edward Loyd, Duaine Whitten, Paul Burklund; sisters-in-law, Helen Marie Tippery, Laura Tippery, Virginia Magner, Jane Taylor, Alberta Stauber, Anna Loyd, Beatrice Whitten, Esther Burklund; nephews, Phillip Hennig, Jamie Magner; nieces, Carol Tippery, Cheryl Card, Janis Felker. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Joan; brother, Elmer Tippery; sister, Velma Hennig; sisters-in-law, Helen Tippery, Gwen Menard Tippery; brothers-in-law, Wm. Charles Herndon, Reuben Herndon, Robert Herndon; about 37 nieces and nephews and their families. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Pelan Funeral Services is in charge of the arrangements.

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Glen Wesley Tippery's memorial is located at: Hillcrest Cemetery, Decatur, Burt County, USA.
When did Glen Wesley Tippery death?
Glen Wesley Tippery death on 2 Aug 2019 in Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 42.0057983
Longitude: -96.2577972

Family Members:

Parent

Roy Glen Tippery

(1893 - 1980)

Myrtle Estelle Hightree Tippery

(1898 - 1984)

Siblings

Lyle Donald Tippery

(1925 - 2016)

Vern Carol Tippery

(1930 - 2019)

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