Glen L. Ketels, 81, of New Hampton, Iowa, and formerly of Sumner, Frederika, Tripoli and Waterloo, died Saturday, January 8, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

          Glen was born March 21, 1929, in rural Alpha, Iowa, the son of Peter and Christina Lohmann Ketels. He was baptized in April 1929, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Richfield, Iowa. He attended rural Alpha schools.

          Mr. Ketels was a U.S. Army Corporal and Korean War veteran. He worked for Deere & Company for 32 years, retiring in 1988. He was a beloved uncle to his nephews and a father figure for his great nieces who lost their father and grandfather at very young ages.

          He is survived by: two nephews, James (Mary) Ketels of Waterloo; Jerry (Deb) Ketels of  Waterloo; four great-nephews Tim (Margo) Ketels of Dyersville; Brad (Gretchen) Ketels of Marion; Jeffrey Ketels (Jessica) of Coralville and Steve Ketels of Iowa City; three great-nieces, Connie (Todd) Murray of Chandler, Ariz., Deborah (Don) Reid of Tempe, Ariz., and Lori Tank-Blackburn of Waterloo.

        He was preceded in death by: his parents; two sisters, Margaret Kammeyer and Irene Leistikow; and a brother, Leslie Ketels.

        Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 14, 2011, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, with Rev. Ronnie Koch officiating. Interment will follow at Union Mound Cemetery in Sumner with military rites provided by Thomas E. Woods Post #223, American Legion of Sumner. Public visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Becker Milnes Funeral Home, Sumner, with family present.

       Memorials: may be directed to St. Paul's Lutheran Church.