Michael Glenn Wilkens

MICHAEL GLENN WILKENS, 55, of Glenwood, formerly of Hawarden, Iowa died on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs.

Family Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008, at the Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden, IA with Rev. Todd Bunge officiating. Burial in the Grace Hill Cemetery in Hawarden.

Michael Glenn Wilkens was born on August 14, 1953 in Hawarden, Iowa. At the age of 5, he moved to the Glenwood Resource Center in Glenwood, Iowa. There he was well known and loved by the GRC Staff.

Michael is survived by his father, Glenn Wilkens of Hawarden; his mother, Beverly Wilkens of LeMars, Iowa; a brother, Raymond and his wife Kim of LeMars; a sister, Patti Van Roekel and her husband Jake of Ireton, Iowa; a brother, Douglas and his wife Melodee of Hawarden; and nieces and nephews.

Michael was preceded in death by his two sisters, Vicki and Judy Wilkens; a niece, Jessica Wilkens; and his grandparents, Byron and Thelma Gavagan and Edna Wilkens.

Local arrangements by Hertz Funeral Home of Glenwood.