Glen D. Latta, Jr.

 Glen D. Latta Jr., 75, of Moline, died in an automobile accident Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, in Tennessee, while traveling to visit relatives.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline. Entombment will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, with military rites conducted by the Moline American Legion, Post 246. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Wildwood Baptist Church, East Moline.

Mr. Latta was born Oct. 30, 1929, in Bloomfield, Iowa, the son of Glen Sr. and Vera Hendricks Latta. He married Ruth J. Gardner May 23, 1953. He later married Judith Robinson Oct. 8, 1977.

He was employed at International Harvester, Farmall Works, Rock Island, for 20 years, retiring in 1985, as a heat treat technician. He had also worked at WHBF TV, Rock Island, for 10 years as a video technician.

Glen was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and belonged to the Moline American Legion.

His passion, besides his family, was his 1980 800cc Suzuki motorcycle and he went everywhere with it. He loved to pilot small aircraft and enjoyed traveling and taking adventurous trips. He spent six weeks in Germany, combed the Canadian countryside and marveled at the Alaskan scenery. He enjoyed Blue Grass music and action-packed movies. He loved his family and adored his grandkids, because he was a big kid himself.