Michael “Mike” Glinsmann, 63 of Loup City, Nebraska died Friday, April 17, 2026 at Bryan Medical Center East Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 24, 2026 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Loup City with Reverend Jason Obermiller officiating. Interment will be held at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery near Ashton, Nebraska following lunch. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 23 at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Memorials are suggested to the Loup City Ambulance, Loup City Fire Department or Immanuel Lutheran Church. The funeral service will be livestreamed on the Higgins Funeral Home Facebook page. The direct link is facebook.com/higgins.funeral.home.loup.city/

     Michael J. Glinsmann was born January 3, 1963 at Loup City, Nebraska to Merle A. and Virginia Mae (Brumberg) Glinsmann. He attended school in Ashton and graduated from Loup City High School in 1981. Mike continued to farm with his brother and dad on the family farm. At the same time, he worked at Greenland Construction. He also farmed with Paul Retzlaff for many years later. Mike and his brother, Steve began a fencing company. Mike was a perfectionist and put in many miles of perfectly aligned fence.

     After high school and years apart, Mike and the love of his life, Cathy Yelkin were reunited at his sister, Amy’s wedding in June 2014. They were later married in 2017 at the family farm.

     Mike was a humble, loving, genuine and loving man. Devoted to his family, country and God. He fiercely loved his family, but loved to pick on his nieces and nephews while offering them a “popsicle”. Mike was a perfectionist while working on various projects for the family. Whether it was wood-working, leather crafts, a shaky chair or moving earth or rock. He was a steadfast and enduring man. Hard-working, dedicated and a lover of the land.

     Mike is survived by his wife, Cathy of Loup City; sister and brothers-in-law, Donna Ford of Wheaton, MO; Judy and Dave Hughes of Hazard, NE; brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Cathy Glinsmann of Ashton, NE; sister and brother-in-law, Jenny and Scott Walrath of Loup City, NE; sisters and brothers-in-law, Amy and Greg Kotas of Loup City; Tina and Shane Peterson of Axtell, NE; brother and sister-in-law, Jamie and Missi Glinsmann of Hickman, NE; sister and brother-in-law, Sue and Gerald Carkoski of Grand Island, NE; numerous nieces and nephews; sister-in-law, Judy (Damon) Roach of Louisville, NE; brother-in-law, Steve Yelkin of Grand Island, NE and Uncle Bob and Aunt Vivian Yelkin of Lake Ozark, MO.

     Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Merle and Virginia; brothers-in-law, John Royer, Larry Elliott and Max Ford; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Richard and Marlene Yelkin and aunt, Janet (Yelkin) Knippelmier.