Glen O. Stoterau, 98, Hartley
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A graveside service at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley is planned this summer for the interment of the cremains of Glen O. Stoterau. Warner Funeral Home in Spencer is assisting with the arrangements.
Glen was born June 12, 1922 near Hartley, the only child of Louis Stoterau and Alma Wills Stoterau. He graduated from Hartley High School and then served from 1942-1945 as company clerk in the U.S. Army during the European conflict in World War II. Following the war, he married Ruby Jean Petersen, of Hartley, on Aug. 16, 1945 and raised three children.
He learned carpentry as a carpenter’s apprentice to his uncle, Rudy Wills, and became a skilled craftsman in custom cabinetmaking and building renovations. His children learned to waterski behind a boat that he built in his workshop, and to play table tennis on a table he built for them. Later, the family enjoyed going on camping and fishing trips.
Glenn lived in the Hartley-Spencer area for 76 of his 98 years (in Texas from 1952-1974). In Texas, he and his wife and family found a personal, saving relationship with God through Christ. In Hartley, he attended the Baptist church, and in Spencer the Methodist church.
Glenn loved all music, especially big band music and dancing, as well as fishing and boating, and hearing or telling a good joke. He was active all his life, going to dances, walking and biking well into his 90’s.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Ruby, in 1979; and his great-grandson, Mason Mages, in 2020.
He is survived by his three children: Cindy Walter (and husband, Dean), of Wichita, Kan.; Marci Stoterau, of Dallas, Texas; and Jay Stoterau, of Georgetown, Texas; two grandchildren: Cheryl Rogers, of Basehor, Kan.; and Peggy Mages, of Windsor, Colo.; five great-grandchildren: Emma and Sammy Rogers; and Mcallen, Miles and Madison Mages; many cousins, nieces and nephews, including Dennis Petersen, of Hartley.
Glen was grateful for the friends, family and neighbors who kept him company and helped him in his later years, including his close friend and companion, Norma Johnson, of Spencer.
He left this life for his heavenly home on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, while a resident of Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Gideons International or to Community Memorial Health Center of Hartley.
