Glen Barnum

Glen Oster Barnum was born January 5, 1931, the son of Eugene and Sadie Staley Barnum. He passed away Monday, February 24, 2014, at the Denison Care Center in Denison, Iowa, at the age of eighty-three.
Glen was born in Woodbine, Iowa. He received his education in a rural school near Woodbine. After completing his education he helped on the family farm and in the neighborhood of Woodbine. He was employed for many years by Preben Jensen, a dirt moving contractor. He was united in marriage to Beatrice Fare. Throughout his life Glen lived in Woodbine, Logan and Arion.
He played the guitar and also enjoyed working on cars, watching westerns on televison, boxing, wrestling, and socializing with family and friends. He attended the Assembly of God Church with his family.
Glen was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; three sisters: Rosella May Barnum, Susan Simpson, and Margaret Stevens; two brothers: Harry Lee Barnum and John A. Barnum; one nephew: Robert Simpson; and one niece, Margaret Wood. Survivors include: two sisters: Flora Staub of Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Harriett Nicholson of Burlington Junction, Missouri; many other relatives and friends.