Muriel Lavon Glanz
May 19, 1923 — October 3, 2004
Muriel L. Glanz, 81, of Earlville, Iowa, died Sunday evening, October 3, 2004, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 6 at St. Paul?s Lutheran Church, Delaware, with Rev. Dale Critchley officiating. Friends may call from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Earlville and for an hour before services on Wednesday at the church. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Earlville.
Muriel was born the daughter of Clarence C. and Margaret M. (Sulzner) Orcutt, May 19, 1923 on her parent?s farm east of Delhi. Muriel spent her early years in the Buck Creek area. Her parents later moved to the Oneida area where she attended the Oneida school. Muriel graduated from Earlville High School in 1941 She then worked for the National T Grocery chain in Manchester. On April 6, 1945 Muriel was united in marriage to Ronald L. Glanz in Earlville. The couple engaged in farming until moving to Earlville in 1985.
Muriel was a longtime member of St. Paul?s Lutheran Church in Delaware where she taught Sunday School and was a L.W.M.L. member. She enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.
Muriel is survived by her husband, Ronald Glanz of Earlville; three sons, Garlyn (Kathy) Glanz of Earlville, Ron (Lorie) Glanz and Kevin (Sandy) Glanz both of Manchester; seven grandchildren, Andrew & Sara, Matthew & Jenna, and Kelley, Jessie & Jamie; a brother, Lyle (Ilene) Orcutt of Earlville; a sister, Margaret Baxter-Corll of Fountain Valley, CA; and three sisters-in-law, Edith Orcutt of Manchester, Willa Orcutt of Anamosa, and Norma Orcutt-Baum of Staunton, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence & Margaret Orcutt; one son, Bennett Glanz; and three brothers, Calvin, Elmer and Raymond Orcutt.
Please sign our online guestbook for Muriel at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 6 at St. Paul?s Lutheran Church, Delaware, with Rev. Dale Critchley officiating. Friends may call from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Earlville and for an hour before services on Wednesday at the church. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Earlville.
Muriel was born the daughter of Clarence C. and Margaret M. (Sulzner) Orcutt, May 19, 1923 on her parent?s farm east of Delhi. Muriel spent her early years in the Buck Creek area. Her parents later moved to the Oneida area where she attended the Oneida school. Muriel graduated from Earlville High School in 1941 She then worked for the National T Grocery chain in Manchester. On April 6, 1945 Muriel was united in marriage to Ronald L. Glanz in Earlville. The couple engaged in farming until moving to Earlville in 1985.
Muriel was a longtime member of St. Paul?s Lutheran Church in Delaware where she taught Sunday School and was a L.W.M.L. member. She enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.
Muriel is survived by her husband, Ronald Glanz of Earlville; three sons, Garlyn (Kathy) Glanz of Earlville, Ron (Lorie) Glanz and Kevin (Sandy) Glanz both of Manchester; seven grandchildren, Andrew & Sara, Matthew & Jenna, and Kelley, Jessie & Jamie; a brother, Lyle (Ilene) Orcutt of Earlville; a sister, Margaret Baxter-Corll of Fountain Valley, CA; and three sisters-in-law, Edith Orcutt of Manchester, Willa Orcutt of Anamosa, and Norma Orcutt-Baum of Staunton, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence & Margaret Orcutt; one son, Bennett Glanz; and three brothers, Calvin, Elmer and Raymond Orcutt.
Please sign our online guestbook for Muriel at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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