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Submitted: 8/5/10 • Approved: 8/6/10 • Last Updated: 7/26/12 • R355364-G0-S3
Duane L. Glade
Birth: Jan. 22, 1921
Ocheyedan
Osceola County,Iowa
Death: Dec. 15, 2005
Cherokee
Cherokee County,Iowa
Duane L. Glade, 84, of Cherokee, Iowa, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born Jan. 22, 1921, in Osceola County, near Ocheyedan, Iowa, to Arthur and Rose (Ostermann) Glade. He will then be flown to Dumas, Ark., for burial next to his loving wife of 54 years in Oakland Cemetery, Monticello, Ark.
Services were 7 p.m. today at Greenwood Funeral Home in Cherokee. He attended schools in the Ocheyedan area, graduating from Ocheyedan High School in 1939. He attended the University of Iowa, majoring in civil engineering for three years.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, as a captain and pilot on a B-24 bomber. He flew 85 bombing missions in the European Theater. Among his many honors was when he received the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Truman for landing his crippled plane safely and saving the lives of his crew.
On Jan. 22, 1950, he married Jewell Adams Hays in Ocheyedan. She preceded him in death on July 12, 2004. They moved to Cherokee in 1955, where he worked for Scothorn Construction of Cherokee.
He later worked for Van Buskirk Construction out of Sioux City. He assisted in the building of the Rathbun Dam near Centerville, Iowa. Finally, he worked for the Cherokee County Department of Secondary Roads maintenance for 17 years, retiring in 1986.
He enjoyed being outdoors and daily walked around Spring Lake Park.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Hays Buss of Cherokee; a son, Robert Glade, of Littleton, Colo.; granddaughters, Robin Adams-Hays of Climax, Minn., and Lindsey Glade of Littleton; sisters, LaVonne and her husband, Lyle Dirks of Ocheyedan, Iowa, and Mavis Miller of Lake Forest, Calif.; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; brothers, Kenneth and Loren; and sisters, Lillian Ostermann, Marge Butcher, Naomi Hill and Marie Pruitt.
Contributed on 8/5/10
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