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| Spouse: |
Marie Christine Spagnoli
, Marriage Date: April 12, 1947
Margaret Kingsbury Strommen
, Marriage Date: June 20, 1992
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| Children: |
Marilynn Florence McGlashan
Linda Marie McGlashan Adam
Betty Jean McGlashan,
Kenneth Michael McGlashan,
Lisa Anne McGlashan,
Step-Children,
Randolph Lawrence Strommen,
Douglas Nelson Strommen,
Michael Strommen
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| Grandchildren: |
None listed
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| Parents: |
Charles Elon McGlashan and
Florence Gedath Woerner McGlashan
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| Siblings: |
Charles Elon McGlashan Jr.
Lois Marie McGlashan Mahoney
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| Grandparents: |
None listed
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Our Lady of Peace
Our Lady of Peace Mausoleum, Corridor E, NBB, NIche 2, Tier K
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| Born August 15, 1924, in Sioux City, Iowa, Kenneth (Ken) was raised on a farm in Homer, Nebraska. In 1941, at 17, he entered the University of Nebraska, studying chemical engineering; during his third year, he enlisted in the US Navy during WW II and was classed as Electronic Technician's Mate 3rd class. During this time the Navy, in their enduring wisdom, sent him to Iowa State to study mechanical engineering. After WW II service he graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, with a degree in electrical engineering.
In April of 1947, Kenneth married Marie Christine Spagnoli of Chicago, Illinois. As his career developed, he took his family of four daughters and one son to more than 20 homes, and 10 states. His electrical engineering career spanned the advent and development of color television, and he is renowned for his patented designs of the color deflection-yoke, a revolutionary TV component of the time. He retired in 1991 from Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
Shortly after his retirement, Ken lost his wife, Marie, to cancer. As he began his retirement without Marie, Ken fell back on his lifetime hobbies. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved camping, fishing and hunting. He was an enthusiastic square dancer and bridge player. Through these activities he met his second wife, Margaret Kingsbury Strommen. Ken sponsored Margaret in RCIA and she became a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church. They were married in June of 1992. Their extended family was now eight adult children, plus their four spouses, seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren, and a mother-in-law. After Margaret retired in 2000, Ken and Margaret increased their traveling and camping to include Mexico, Canada, and Europe, and new places in the States.
Just as Margaret was retiring from work, Ken showed moderate to severe symptoms of heart disease and cognitive impairment. While in rehabilitation from heart surgery, Ken died from cardiac arrest. In a brave effort to better understand Ken's cognitive impairment, he had participated in a clinical study, and agreed to donate his brain on his death for research. The subsequent study revealed that Ken had Alzheimer's.
Ken is survived by his wife Margaret; son Kenneth (Sherry), daughters Marilynn, Linda (Ian), Betty-Jean, and Lisa; his sister Lois; and grandchildren Paul, Douglas and Charlene. The extended family includes his stepchildren Randy (Carla), Douglas (Diana), and Michael and step-grandchildren Dawn and Valerie, as well as Andrea, Jonathan, Nicholas, Benjamin, and Justin.
Kenneth's families, his marriages, and his activities at both work and play are captured in the few photos which are included. |
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Ken and Margaret were Chairmen of the Indiana State Convention in 1999. After meeting Margaret, Ken took lessons for round dancing, and square dancing at Advanced and Challenge levels. Their service in square dancing also included Secretary of Indiana Dancers Association, Inc., and Vice- Chairmen of Round Dance Clinics for the 1999 National Square Dance Convention in Indianapolis. Admittedly, Ken would have said that he had the most fun as Camping Chairman at the State Convention.
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Ken and Marie learned to square dance in Texas in 1974. Here they are dancing in Louisville, KY, at the 32nd NSDC. He had a multitude of square dance badges from Nationals in San Antonio, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Birmingham, Louisville, Charlotte, Baltimore, St. Paul, Indiana Dancers Association, weekends at Potawatami Inn, Turkey Run, and Kirkwood Lodge; and was a member of Dixie Stars, Wheel"N"Dealers, Swingin' Singles, Bachelors & Bachelorettes, Variety Rounds, Dance-a-Rounds, Square-Naders, Magic Valley Association, Merry Squares, and Rio Ramblers.
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Ken, Margaret and Ken's children and grandchildren are gathered in Vancouver in August for the garden wedding of his grandson Paul and his bride Angela.
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Ken and Margaret are in Chicago for the September wedding of Margaret's niece, Jennifer. Margaret's family, and hence Ken's extended family, attended the outdoor wedding.
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Left to right, Lois Marie McGlashan Mahoney, sister; Charles Elon McGlashan, brother; and Kenneth Woerner McGlashan. "If I had not gone to visit them regularly, I would never have seen them." Ken's career had kept him moving, 20 homes and 10 states.
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Ken graduated in 1941 from Homer High School, Homer, NE. The yearly reunion of his class of fourteen brought him back as often as he could. The reunion dinner was held in the gym of the high school. It was a time of renewed friendships and catching up on the growth of the small community of 500 persons. He had probably just had a luncheon of oyster stew with these old classmates.
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Steelhead trout from Lake Michigan. A quick afternoon run into Burns Harbor with the captain and his wife as mate yielded three steelhead for Ken and Margaret.
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Ken and friends have had a successful hunt. Ken liked to be the hunter with the greatest kill.
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