Other Events:

• Obituary: 6 Jul 1922, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota; Austin Daily Herald

Notes:

Obituary:
"ACCIDENT FATAL TO WORKMAN"

Ed. Glassel Dies of Injuries Received at Packing Plant. WATCH RECORDS TIME
Workman Believed To Have Caught Head in Belt; Alone When Accident Occurred

"Lying near a broken belt running from a motor to a drying machine, the body of Ed Glassel, sixty-seven years old, was found at 12:30 o'clock this morning by a fellow workman in the drying room of the fertilizer department at the packing plant. Several bruises were inflicted about the dead man's head, neck and left shoulder and a deep wound made in the skull. Coroner Pierson was immediately notified and pronounced the death accidental.

"A watch carried by Mr. Glassel stopped at 11:35 o'clock, the time the accident is believed to have occurred. Only a few workman are on duty in the department at night and no shouts were heard from Mr. Glassel by anyone in the building, according to information available at the office of the superintendent, where it was said the details obtainable made a determination of the circumstances causing the accident impossible.

"The body was taken to the Mayer & Ousley undertaking rooms at 2 o'clock this morning and the victim's family notified of the tragedy.  His death is mourned by his wife, a daughter, Frances, a son, Joe, and one brother, John, of Mitchell, Ia.

"Mr. Glassel was sixty-seven years old on April 26 and has been employed at the Hormel packing plant for more than fifteen years. He was born near Ashland, Wis., and came to Austin about twenty-five years ago, working for several years on the Milwaukee railroad here.

"Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday from the home, 310 South River street, with Rev. R. C. Swisher of the Congregational church officiating."

Adolphus married Suzanna Mayer before 1897. Suzanna (daughter of Joseph Mayer and Mary Magdalena “Leana” Effinger) was born on 26 Apr 1868 in Aixheim, Landkreis Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 10 Sep 1932 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota; was buried after 10 Sep 1932 in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 701667
• 1940 Census: 15 Apr 1940, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/701667

1940 Census:
Ward 3, ED 50-10A, sheet 61A
102 S. Railway
Glassel, Joseph H     Head   M  W  40  Md   Minnesota   1935: Same Place  Laborer - WPA
---, Bernice               Wife   F  W  26  Md   Minnesota            "
---, Donna M              Dau   F  W    6  S     Minnesota            "
Hall, Belle            Moth-i-L    F  W  52  D     Minnesota            "
---, Sylvia                Niece   F   W  22  S    Minnesota             "                   Laborer - WPA

Joseph married Bernice Marie Hall on 10 Feb 1934 in Mower County, Minnesota. Bernice (daughter of Enoch Fred Hall and Belle Holmes) was born on 3 Aug 1912 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota; died on 23 Oct 2002 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota; was buried on 26 Oct 2002 in Grandview Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: M. Hull. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]