Glen F. Doel, a longtime Palisades resident, died on December 4 in Santa Monica, after a short illness. He was 85. Born on January 7, 1920 in Kilmur, Kansas, Doel graduated from Seaman High School in Topeka, and received his degree from Kansas State College in May 1943. After college, he was offered a job with Douglas Air Craft, where he met Marjorie L. McGuire. They were married on May 6, 1944 and enjoyed 55 years together, until her death in 2002. After Douglas Air Craft became McDonald Douglas, Doel worked for that firm as an aerospace engineer until his retirement. Glen and Marjorie enjoyed dancing together for many years. They were world travelers and in later years, after Marjorie’s death, he enjoyed lunching with lifelong friends, attending the theater, museums and films. He was preceded in death by his father Ray Doel, his mother Nancy, his infant son Glen in 1954, daughter Devy Gleneen in 1987, his wife, and his sisters Edith Bohon and Margaret Bol, both of Kansas. He is survived by nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces and three great-great-nieces. A service will be held on Saturday, December 10 at 2:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Glendale, Little Chapel of Flowers.
This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access.
