Herbert Gladen

Dr. Herbert Ellis Gladen (age 75) of Burnsville Minnesota died on March 7th, 2022.

He experienced a cardiac event, then life support was removed after a few days. He was surrounded by loved ones, holding the hand of his beloved. He is survived by his wife of over 50 years; Edna Rose (Kiheri) Gladen, and a large family;

Siblings; Ronald Gladen (Nancy), Coral Nelson (Charles), David Gladen (Marla), and Richard Gladen (Sue). Son Jason Gladen (Elizabeth), plus stepdaughters Madi and Kenzie. Also Jason’s previous wife Stefanie Gladen and their son Nicholai, plus stepson Ricardo. Daughter Jade Barker, and her son Brandon Barker.

He was preceded in death by; Father Herman Silas Gladen and Mother Virginia Ella (Hansen) Gladen, as well as brothers Knute Gladen and Alfred Gladen (Survived by wife Teri).

Herbert was the sixth of seven children born on a farm in Kabekona, near Bemidji, Minnesota on July 1, 1946. A physics major at the UofM in Minneapolis until the Vietnam War. He enlisted in the Airforce, and Married Edna on November 25, 1967.

The Military took Herb & Edna from Biloxi, to Panama City, then Fairbanks Alaska as a radar technician at Murphy Dome Air Force Station. Herbert was honorably discharged from the Airforce in 1971, then joined the Mayo Clinic medical school in their first class ever.

He continued into surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic and was board certified in General Surgery in 1982, and later served as President of The Priestly Society. He became Associate Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore from 1982 to 1987. Board certified in Critical Care in 1986.

Herbert spent 18 years as the Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California at San Francisco in Fresno, “serving the poor, and the poor in spirit”. In 2005, Herbert took a step down for Edna’s health, and they opened a sleep clinic in Hanford California.

A former student Dr. Linda Halderman needed help in American Samoa at the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center after a Tsunami, a FEMA project until 2009. After a heart attack, Herb and Edna moved back to the mainland and joined a hospital in Colusa California from 2010-2016. Then phased towards retirement at Orchard Hospital Gridley until 2018.

In 2019, by request, Herb and Edna settled into a multigenerational home with Daughter Jade and Grandson Brandon in a split level duplex in Burnsville, Minnesota. They attend Chapel Hill Church in Eagan, MN and we’re blessed to have three more years all together.

Please join us for a Memorial Service & Luncheon;  

Saturday April 2, 2022

Social at 10am, Service at 11am, Lunch at 12 Noon

Chapel Hill Church

4888 Pilot Knob Rd, Eagan, MN 55122

Edna and Jade Open House, on Fri Apr 1 & Sat Apr 2 from 5-8 pm

13501 Oakland Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337

Potted Spring bulbs (like Daffodils) are welcome, either at the church or home

Please send stories and/or pictures to RememberHerbert@gmail.com

Link to Eulogy: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hJrqQa875xSsqqnb7