Glen Chapman, 61, of Pella died Apr. 12, 2020. A family inurnment graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 17, at the Oakwood Ceme-tery in Pella. Family must stay in their cars at the cemetery. The service will be live-streamed from the Garden Chapel Facebook page. A public memorial service will be held at a later date after the current health situation clears. Memorials have been designated for Hospice of Pella and Blank Children’s Cancer Center in Des Moines.
Glen Ray Chapman, the sixth of 10 children, was born Feb. 5, 1959, to Ivan and Carolyn (Klein) Chapman in Oskaloosa. Glen attended North Mahaska School in New Sharon and was a 1977 graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School. As a young boy, he attended the Lower Grove Church, and he enjoyed his first job junking with Earl Boyd. He started working at Rolscreen (now known as Pella Corporation) the day after he graduated from high school. He worked various positions there, making lots of friends up until retirement 41 years later.
Dec. 2, 1983, he was united in marriage to Terri Lautenbach in Pella. To this union, they were blessed with two children, Amanda and Travis.
Glen enjoyed listening to music and was always the man behind the camera, capturing memories on tape. His favorite hobbies were playing with his grandchildren, mowing, gardening, woodworking, and tinkering in his shop. Prior to grandchildren, he enjoyed hunting, trapping, and fishing with his son and family members. He loved to be surrounded by his family and his dogs. He will be most remembered by his infectious laugh and smile.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Terri, their two children and four grandchildren: Amanda and Sean Panknen, Jonathan, and Landon of Pella; and Travis and Karissa Chapman, Aiden, and Brooklyn of Sully.
He is also survived by his mother Carolyn Chapman of Pella; his mother-in-law JoAnn Lautenbach of Pella; his siblings: Mike (Jan) Chapman of Pella, Sandra (Jerry) Aalbers of Pella, Leona (Ken) Stursma of Pella, Debbie (Brad) Lester of Pella, Bonnie (Ron) Pierson of Pella, Lavon (Delmar) Brouwer of Monroe, Bernice (Lavern) Starkey of Pella, Mary Lou (Greg) Stump of Pella, and Ruth Ann (Michael) Van Steenwyk of Pella; brother-in-law Larry Joe (Jody) Lautenbach; and many nieces and nephews.
Glen was preceded in death by his father Ivan Chapman, his father-in-law Larry Lautenbach, and several aunts and uncles.
