Obituaries: Glen F. Happel
Mail Tribune
Medford, Oregon
September 27, 1998
The funeral for Glen F. Happel will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4663 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem.
Interment will be on Thursday in Scenic Hills Memorial Park,
Ashland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Redeemer Lutheran
Church Memorial Fund, 4663 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem, OR 97305.
He was born Jan. 7, 1915, in Allen County, Ind.
On April 12, 1942, he married Wilma P. Gemeinhardt, who died in
1990.
During World War II, he worked as a civilian welder for the Navy
at the Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbor shipyards.
They
moved to the Rogue Valley in 1946, when he began working as a
millwright in the Grants Pass area.
From 1951-55, the Happels were caretakers at the Oregon Caves
National Monument for the concessionaire. In 1955, he went to
work at Crater Lake National Park, where he stayed for 27 years.
Mr. Happel enjoyed woodworking.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Lisle, Salem; and three
grandchildren.
Friends may pay their respects from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at
Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service
