Joseph “Joe” Isaac Adrian, 94, of Glencoe, MN, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, at GlenFields Living with Care in Glencoe.
A funeral service took place Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, at 11 a.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Glencoe, with interment having followed in the Glencoe City Cemetery.
Visitation took place Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe, and did continue one hour prior to the service at the church Monday, Aug. 19. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred.
Clergy who officiated: Pastor Adam Thompson.
Organist: Lon Roach.
Prelude: “Rock of Ages.”
Flutist: Marissa Booker.
Congregational hymns: “Old Rugged Cross,” “How Great Thou Art,” and “Just a Closer Walk with Thee.”
Postlude: “Amazing Grace.”
Casket bearers: Joshua Adrian, Nicholas Adrian, Benjamin Booker, Brenden Howell, Joe Jacobson, and Tom Miller.
Honorary casket bearers: all grandchildren.
Joseph “Joe” Isaac Adrian was born March 8, 1930, in Mountain Lake, MN. He was the son of Isaac John and Marie Martha (Goertzen) Adrian. Joe was baptized as a member of the First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake.
Joe was united in marriage May 23, 1951, to Gladys Dalaska at the First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. They made their home in Mountain Lake until 1977, when they moved to Breckenridge, MN. In 1982, Glencoe became their home.
Joe and Gladys’ marriage was blessed with five children: Joseph, James, Stanley, Kathleen, and Cynthia. They shared more than 63 years of marriage until Gladys passed away Nov. 24, 2014.
In the early years of their marriage, Joe farmed and worked at the grain elevator in Mountain Lake. In 1962, he began working for the Mountain Lake Municipal Utilities as a lineman and worked in the water department. Soon thereafter, he was promoted to manager.
In 1977, Joe was hired as the director for the Breckenridge Municipal Utilities. In 1982, he was hired as the manager of the Glencoe Municipal Utilities, and he worked there until his retirement in July of 1992.
Joe attended the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Glencoe and served as an usher, as well as a deacon, for a number of years.
Joe served on the board of directors for the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association for three years and served as president for one year. He was also a part of the Breckenridge Rotary Club and the Glencoe Rotary Club for many years.
Joe and Gladys loved to travel, go camping, and spend winters in Arizona and Texas. Joe enjoyed gardening, woodworking, and deer hunting. A trip to Europe and fishing trips in Alaska were some of his most memorable times. However, the most important facet of Joe’s life was spending time with his family. Blessed be his memory.
Joe is survived by his children, Joseph Lee Adrian of Glencoe, James Alan Adrian and his wife Diane of Glencoe, Stanley John Adrian and his wife Theresa of Glencoe, Kathleen Roxann Wagner and her husband Phillip of Platteville, WI, and Cynthia Sue Patnaude and her husband Edward of Glencoe; grandchildren, Joshua (Jenna) Adrian, Nicholas Adrian, Brittany (Adam) Myers, Heather (Nathan) Johnson, Misty (Christopher) Karageorge, Christina (Jesher) Loi, Marissa (Benjamin) Booker, Aubrea (Joseph) Jacobson, Leandra (Brenden) Howell, Ashley (Thomas) Miller, Andre Chornuk, Samantha (Tyler) Windschitl, Grace Patnaude, and McKenzie Patnaude; great-grandchildren, Blake and Piper Adrian, Dawson, Callen, and Evan Myers, Mallory and Chelsea Johnson, Aniger, Aeden, and Ashyn Loi, Luciana, Calvin, and Daniel Booker, Zoe, Astrid, and Ronan Jacobson, Zachary and Avery Miller, and Owen Windschitl; brother-in-law, Maynard Derksen of Brandon, SD; as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Joe was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Adrian; parents, Isaac and Marie Adrian; parents-in-law, Elmer Dalaska, and Myrtle and Frank Derksen; siblings, Abraham (Lorraine) Adrian, Martha (Henry) Pankratz, and Magdeline (Otto) Becker; sisters-in-law, Marlys (John) Achartz and Kathryn (Dean) Baar; and brother-in-law, Kenneth Dalaska.
Arrangements by the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. Online obituaries and guestbook available at www.mcbridechapel.com.
