Glenn was born in Mt. Morris, Illinois on July 30, 1939 to Morris and Florence Miller Rowe. He and his wife moved to Woodlake in 1993. He was an avid golfer, hunter, fisherman and chef. He was very active in his community serving as a member of VFW, Moose Lodge, and Mason.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Donna Rowe; children, Margo Rowe, Marty Rowe and Matt Rowe; sisters, Muriel Wild and Lois Tremble; grandchildren, April, Roy, Brandon, Morgan, Kasey, Dylan and Jessica; great-grandchildren, Teegan, Damon, Marley, Glenn, Bradley and Jayden and a very special friend Buddy.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Morris and Florence Miller Rowe; son, Mark Rowe; sisters, Margaret and Dorothy; brother, Roy.
At his request, no services will be held.
Condolences may be sent to www.coxmemorialfuneralhome.com.
Someone announced this on Facebook, and this is one of the obituaries I found, with a photo. Glenn was a member of the class of 1957, and although I don't have my yearbook near by, I recall he played golf and basketball, and was an all around popular guy. Perhaps others have some memories they could share.
The color photo I believe is from 2007 when we had our 50th, and some of the golfers got together. Glenn is on the far right. The black and white classroom photo is 6th grade 1951, and Glenn is 2nd row from the right, 2nd from the back, dark shirt. Glenn had started elementary at Center School (rural) with Sylvia T., Barb H. and Judy T.
2 comments:
Glenn had the best laugh....when he laughed-he laughed all over...and you did ,too. I figured something was amiss when he didn't make it to our extra reunion-our 57th,as he never missed one... We will miss him very much. He taught me how to golf. I was a "duffer" with a big "D" but he was encouraging and never laughed at me or grew impatient. I have a photo somewhere...we look like babies-what was it 1952-53 or close... He leaves a huge hole in our remaining class. But we will remember his laugh and we will smile.
Thanks to you, Lynne, or Sylvia we always kept informed. Good news, bad news or whatever.
Glen was a special person in our class. A couple of great memories---one time when Donna and he were up for the fourth, Glen and I talked about the junior golf program I was teaching at Sunset. About a week later I get this good sized box in the mail and here he sent me 100+ golf balls for the young kids__balls he had found as he walked the golf course or courses down where they lived. These were like new balls most people would play with.
One more story---I was going to play in the US Public Links in the Pinehurst area and on qualifying day Glen shows up and offers to caddy for me because. he had played the course a number of times. One of the best caddies I've ever had--I wished I had been on top of my game to take advantage.
Thinking of Donna and family.
Salley (via e-mail)
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