Eugene "Gene" Glander Obituary

Eugene “Gene” Arthur Glander was born in Lake City on April 6, 1941 to Edward and Anna (Reese) Glander.  He passed away at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester on May 8, 2016.
    Gene attended St. John’s Lutheran School and Lincoln High School in Lake City.
    In 1963 he married Judith Reincke. They had two children, Mike and Lisa. They later divorced.  In 1983 he married Cheryl Tomforde.
    Gene began working at a young age at the Jewel Nurseries in Lake City.  He was also a paper carrier.  After high school he entered the U.S. Navy and served on an aircraft carrier in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
    He was a machinist and leadman at Gould (Federal-Mogul) for 15 years.  He began his 30-year career in excavating with his brother-in-law Milt Mickelson.  Later he started Glander Excavating. He built the second nine holes at the Lake City Golf Course before retiring in 2000 when he sold the business to his son Mike.  He worked on building the Jewel Golf Course in Lake City. In 2001 he started a new business, Glander Sand and Gravel.
    Gene was a lifelong member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lake City.  He belonged to the Jaycees, volunteer fire department, Lake City’s Planning Commission and Streets and Parks Commission.  He was a lifetime member of the VFW, belonged to the Wells Creek Riders Snowmobile Club, St. John’s Cemetery Association, and was an eight-year member and president of the Eagle Crest Cove Association in Amery, Wis.
    Gene will be remembered as a kind, generous man who deeply loved his family, and enjoyed being with friends.  
    He is survived by his wife, Cheryl; son, Michael (Tammy); daughter, Lisa; granddaughter, Shelby; great-granddaughter, Kashlyn; and brother, Marvin.  He was preceded in death by his brothers, Alvin, Raymond, Orlan, Clarence, and Ralph, and sisters, Phyllis Hoffman, Dorothy Mickelson and Lorraine Springer.
    A funeral service will be held Friday, May 13, at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lake City with Rev. John Berg officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, May 12, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Anderson-Peterson Chapel in Lake City. Friends may also call one hour before the service at the church on Friday. Military Honors will be handled by Lake City VFW Post 8729 and American Legion Post 110. Online condolences may be placed at www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.
    Memorials are preferred to St. John’s Lutheran Church or St. John’s Cemetery Association.