- Date Of Birth: July 1, 1925
- Date Of Death: March 24, 2014
- State: Iowa
Glenn Smith, age 88, of Algona, died on Monday, March 24, 2014 at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona. Glenn Leroy Smith, the son of Walter R. and Cora I. (Lowman) Smith, was born on July 1, 1925 in Burt, Iowa.
He graduated from Algona High School in 1943 and Iowa Central Community College in 1970. On December 29, 1951 Glenn was united in marriage with Beverly Jeanne McMurray at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Over the years Glenn had worked as an engineer, electrician, welder, mechanic, machinist and plant superintendent. He enjoyed spending time with his family, walking, sharing stories with everyone he’d meet.
Left to cherish Glenn’s memory is his wife, Beverly; two sons, Lt. Col. Ronald L. Smith of Urbandale and Daniel R. Smith of Whittemore; two daughters, Eileen M Moss of Webster City and Julie A. Everett of Britt; twelve grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and a brother, Walter H. Smith of Granby, Conn. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Thomas L. Smith; a granddaughter, Jocelyn Everett; a great granddaughter, Haley Shockey; a brother, Ralph Smith; and two sisters, Laura Pierce and Eva Lee Wallace.
