Glen L. Ingles; Retired Newsman, Columnist

Glen L. Ingles, a Woodland Hills newspaper editor and columnist, has died in a West Hills hospital. He was 91.

Ingles died Thursday of heart failure, said his daughter, Glenna Matthews.

Born April 14, 1899, in Rushville, Ill., Ingles came to the Los Angeles area in 1920 and graduated from USC with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism. He worked as an editorial writer for The Sacramento Union during World War II and for other newspapers throughout the state. From 1955 to 1960, he was editor of a weekly, Reseda-based newspaper called the Pink Sheet, and from 1970 to 1977 he also wrote a twice-weekly column under the heading of “One Man’s View” for the Van Nuys News & Greensheet, a forerunner of the Daily News, his family said.

In his retirement, he published privately a 300-page book of colloquial expressions he had gathered over a lifetime. Ingles was also a member of the Rotary Club in Reseda and helped found a Boys Club in Laguna Beach.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Alberta; daughter Glenna Matthews of Berkeley; sister Virginia Haradon of San Antonio, Tex.; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 3 today at the Woodland Hills Community Church, 21338 Dumetz Road, where he was a longtime member. Gates, Kingsley & Gates Mortuary in Canoga Park is handling the arrangements. Donations can be made in Ingles’ name to a memorial fund at the church.