Glen Elton Hastings, Jr. MD

Glen Elton Hastings Jr., age 84 , of Wichita, Kansas , passed away on January 11 ,2017 in Madison , Wisconsin . Glen was born in Pittsburg, Kansas on March 15, 1932 to the late Glen E Hastings and Lois Faulkner. After graduation from the University of Pittsburg, he joined the United States Air Force where he was a second lieutenant and navigator. In 1955 he married Martha Marie Oliver of Shreveport, Louisiana. Glen was awarded a Doctorate in Medicine form the University of Kansas in June, 1962, He had a varied and interesting medical career in many roles. He loved teaching, and this led him to the decision that he would enjoy teaching medical students and residents, so he matriculated at the University of Illinois Master's program in Education for health professionals. He later went on to add another Master's degree in Public Health. In 1975, his marriage to Martha Marie Oliver ended. A second marriage to Linda Mae True also ended in divorce. Glen was recruited by the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Miami. He went on to work in a clinic in North Miami Beach where he met Magda Rocha Gomez Mena, the clinic administrator. Glen and Magda were married on...[more]

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ril 2, 1982, and they moved to Cocoa, Florida, where Glen opened a private practice. In 1990, Glen "Doc" had an opportunity to join the Internal Medicine Faculty of the University of Kansas Medical School at Wichita where he served as a Professor of Medicine . This gave them the opportunity to be closer to his elderly parents. He was very loved by his students and was proud that the faculty created the "Glen E Hastings, Best Clinician" award given annually in his honor. He retired in 2010. Glen was very interested in Eastern Meditation and spiritual practices. He was also a very talented carpenter and all around handyman and could fix anything. When not knocking down walls, remodeling, building things or planting flowers, he wrote poetry. In addition to all his other interest, Glen was an avid art collector and music lover. When he retired, he focused his energy into Genealogy research and traced his family tree back to William the Conqueror. Glen was very proud of his children and grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Magda; his son Richard (Junia); daughters Elizabeth (Rick) Kraus and Caroline (Shawn) Carpenter; step-daughter Magda (Pedro) Valdes; and grandchildren Cory Dymond, Danielle (AJ) Cemprola, Drew (Shannon) Hastings , Amanda Kraus, Jesse Kraus, Alexander Valdes, and Christina (Daniel) Withrow. Glen and his family would like to thank the staff of Agrace HospiceCare for the wonderful loving care he received from everyone there. A visitation will be held from 11:00 am until 12:30 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the Cress Center, 6021 University Ave., Madison, WI 53705. A memorial service will follow at 12:30, followed by military honors. Please share your memories. Cress Center 6021 University Avenue (608) 238-8406 Madison, Wisconsin 53705