James Howard Glick

1921 -

• Name	James Howard Glick
  Born	21 Aug 1921	Olin, Jones Co, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I25830	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Miles Allen Glick,   b. 19 Dec 1880, , Jones Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. May 1979, Rome Twp, Jones Co, Iowa, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Nellie Horr,   b. 27 Jul 1889, , Jones Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. Apr 1982, Rome Twp, Jones Co, Iowa, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	24 Jul 1906	Tipton, Cedar Co, Iowa, USA
  Family ID	F5795	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9M9S-7KHB/p_13302846603 [[ Obituary: Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) - April 21, 2010 Deceased Name: James Howard Glick James Howard Glick, 88, of Anamosa, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at the Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. The Rev. Julie May will officiate at the service. Friends may call from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Internment will be at the Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com Survivors include his wife, Virginia; two daughters, Cheryl Glick and Cynthia (David) Hauk, all of Cedar Rapids; mother-in-law, Iva Morning; brother, Jay of Anamosa; sister, Kathryn Garlick of Tipton; sisters-in-law, Catherine Thomsen, Kate Glick of Anamosa, and Menoki Glick of Mount Vernon; brother-in-law, Mike Lasack; and many loved nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Pete and Clifford; and sisters, Ruby, Nona, Reva and Doris. James Howard Glick was born Aug. 20, 1921, in Olin. He was the son of Miles Allen and Nellie Blanch Horr Glick. He attended Olin schools and worked for area farmers until entering into the service in 1942. He served in the South Pacific, seeing combat in the Marshall Islands, Layte, Philippines with the 767th tank battalion. He was in Okinawa when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Japan ending the war. He was discharged July 25, 1945, at Fort Levenworth Kan. During the next years, he worked various jobs painting sorority houses in Iowa City, tool and die shop, Baumhoefener nursery with his friend Charlie Holland before returning to Olin and working at the Phillips 66 Station, and he drove an Olin school bus where he met his future wife Virginia Morning. They were married Sept. 2, 1949, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple then made their home in Anamosa. They had two daughters, Cynthia Sue (Cindy) and Cheryl Elizabeth (Cheri). Jim worked at the Olin Corners, Shell Station and Anamosa Motor Sales before Collins Radio. He worked his way from stock to test technician, studying with Cleveland School of Electronics at night school. He retired from Rockwell Collins after 24 years. During this time he was also a local painter, a job he resumed after retiring. He was a firm believer in union and was a union Stewart for many years in IBEW. He enjoyed fishing, raising tomatoes, playing the slots and being with his family and friends. He liked all people, he was his mother-in-law's support for many years. He was a member of the Anamosa American Legion. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Mercy Hospice or donor's choice.