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HONDO ARMY AIR FIELD. HONDO, Tex., Feb. 19--Hundreds of youthful American navigation cadets after 13 weeks of rigid training pinned on their silver wings this week at commencement exercises at this huge combat training installation. Among them was Lt. Jack H. Glenn of Bay City. The impressive wing-pinning ceremony signified to the new navigators that now they are ready to do their part in obliterating the enemy. Most of the officers have left already to join the other members of the all-out bombing crew--gunner, bombardier and pilot. Some of the graduates will remain to instruct new cadets just entering navigation training. A few of the new graduates were officers before entering navigation training. Those who trained as cadets received not only their wings but also commissions as either flight officers or second lieutenants. The Daily Tribune,
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The morning service at the First Methodist Church Sunday was dedicated to the memory of Lt. Jack H. Glenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Glenn, whose death over Germany occurred July 7, according to information received from the War Department. The altar flowers were white carnations in beautiful and profuse arrangements. A note on the special bulletin read: "The flowers on the altar and this bulletin are dedicated to the memory of Jack Glenn, who recently so gallantly gave his life in the service of his country. Jack came up through our Sunday School and Church, and was one of the finest young men we have ever known. The Christian character and practices he acquired in early life stayed with him, and wherever he was he continued to send back one-tenth of his income for the support of his church. We shall miss him but his memory will linger like a gracious benediction." In addition to other appropriate memorial tributes, Rev. Marvin S. Vance made announcement of the nature of the simple service of honor to Lieutenant Glenn, and the minister of music, William A. "Billy" Triggs, sang "Forward to Christ" by O'Hara. The Daily Tribune,
September, 1944 |
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Mrs. Glenn had recently returned to Vienna where she had undergone surgery. Born in Nappersdorf, Austria on November 8, 1898, she came to the United States in 1908 and lived in Kansas where she finished her education and became a school teacher. She married V. C. Glenn in Tulsa, Oklahoma July 12, 1920. Her husband preceded her in death in 1958. Mrs. Glenn was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Bay City where she taught in the Children's Department for 37 years. She was involved in the local American Legion Auxiliary and was a member of the "Gold Star Mothers." Mrs. Glenn worked as a Pink Lady in Matagorda General where she had 6,000 hours to her credit. In 1978 she was chosen Outstanding Senior Citizen of the Year by a program sponsored annually by the Matagorda County Extension Service. Survivors include her daughters, Mrs. O. F. (Helen) Foreman of Anchorage, Alaska and Mrs. James (Ruth) Lovett of Vienna, Austria. Her son Jack was killed in World War II. Interment will be held at Arlington National Cemetery Washington, D. C. where her husband was buried. Memorial services will be held at the Bay City First United Methodist Church at a later date. The family requests no flowers for either service and that memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. The Daily Tribune,
April 20, 1981 |
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Funeral services were held for Mr. V. C. Glenn, 64, Monday morning at 10 o'clock at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. Leslie LeGrand officiating. Mr. Glenn, a resident of the
city the past 28 years, died at Matagorda General Hospital Thursday,
April 2, at 3:40 p.m. The deceased, who was a native of South Carolina, served in the U S Navy Aviation during World War I. He was a member of the American Legion. The remains were shipped to Houston for cremation. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., April 21, at 1:00 p.m. The Daily Tribune,
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Helen Virginia Glenn Foreman, 92, long time Anchorage, Alaska,
resident, died in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2015, at Alaska
Regional Hospital. To those who knew her, she embodied the
determination of the human will. At her request, there will be no
memorial service. Helen was born in Tulsa, Okla., to school teacher
Elizabeth Schauer of Hollabrunn, Austria, and South Carolina-born
World War I Naval Aviation veteran Verner Clive (V.C.) Glenn. Her
father, a carpenter by trade, followed available work to Petersburg,
Mich., when Helen was still a toddler. When Helen was 8, the now
family of four moved to Travis County, Texas, finally settling in
Bay City, Texas, later that year. A true child of the depression,
Helen maintained a paper route during her youth, as well as working
in and around the family businesses (which included People's
Exchange, a wet and dry goods store, and the Wishy Washy laundromat).
A top student, Helen graduated from Bay City High School in 1939.
While working in the office at the Bay City Rice Mill, Helen met and
fell in love with Oliver "Ollie" Foreman, who not only graded rice,
but also worked as the night millwright and was in charge of
machinery maintenance. On Feb. 8, 1942, Helen married Ollie in a
private early Sunday morning ceremony at First Methodist Church
parsonage in Bay City. After Oliver's U.S. and Canadian Air Corps
enlistment attempts failed, the couple moved to California to work
in the defense industry. Helen worked as a payroll clerk at North
American and Oliver worked as an electrician at Douglas Aircraft. An
article in Alaska Sportsman Magazine led Oliver to seek civilian
employment with the Army Air Corps in Alaska, arriving in Anchorage
in early 1944. After her travel papers were issued in July of the
same year, Helen arrived on a Grumman Goose to join Oliver in their
new home. While Ollie ran the Instrument Shop at Elmendorf, Helen
worked in the Office of The USARAL Comptroller at Ft. Richardson.
She continued there until the early 1950s, retiring to try and start
a family in the couple's new home atop Romig Hill. Before son
David's birth in 1955, Helen volunteered at First Presbyterian
Church of Anchorage, was involved from the beginning with Romig Park
Improvement Company (a private water system) and was among the group
of individuals responsible for assigning corresponding address
numbers to all pieces of real property in the Anchorage suburb of
Spenard. She later took the initiative to continue her education
with courses at Anchorage Community College and Alaska Methodist
University. This helped her in her role as co-owner and comptroller
of the family's electrical contracting and residential housing
businesses, in which she was still involved at the time of her
death. Helen volunteered with various community organizations,
served as an Ordained Deacon at First Presbyterian Church and was,
for many years, Secretary of Romig Park Improvement Company, Inc.
Preceded in death by her brother, Jack H. Glenn; her sister, Ruthie
Glenn Lovett; and her loving husband of 67 years, Oliver. Helen is
survived by son, David; daughter-in-law, Penny Ann Trow-Foreman; and
grandson, Reed. The family thanks the caring owners and staff of
Serenity Circle Assisted Living, where Helen resided for her final
year. For those she has touched, the family requests that you
remember her in your prayers. Continuing her desire to help others,
her body was donated to MedCure for medical research. In lieu of
traditional donations, please consider organ, tissue or whole body
donor registration. |
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Ruth Lovett, 74, of Bay City, passed away Friday, January 13, 2006. She was born September 14, 1931 in Bay City to Verner Clive Glenn and Elizabeth Shower Glenn. She was a retired Teacher and Reading Specialist and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Bay City. She is survived by her husband, James E. Lovett of Bay City, TX and by her sister, Helen Foreman of Anchorage, AK. She was preceded in death by her parents, Verner C. and Elizabeth Shower Glenn and by her brother, Jack Glenn. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church of Bay City with Rev. Pauline Harvey officiating. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City (979) 245-4613. |
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| Pictures of 2nd Lt. Glenn at the top, gunner picture and the family picture (V. C., Ruth & Jack) courtesy of Mrs. Helen Foreman and Matagorda County Museum. Picture of cemetery marker in Belgium courtesy of Helen Foreman and Bobbie Gaspard. High school annual picture courtesy of Matagorda County Museum. Military research by Kenneth L. Thames, historian of VFW Post 2438, Bay City, Texas. Picture of Verner Clive Glenn's marker at Arlington courtesy of David McInturff. Mrs. Glenn's marker picture courtesy of Arlington National Cemetery. Page was created with assistance of Jennifer Rodgers, manager of Mary McAllister Ingram Archives, Matagorda County Museum. | |||||
Second Lieutenant Jack Harold "Bucky" Glenn, U.S. Army Air Forces (August
16, 1923 – July 7, 1944] was born to Verner Clive “VC” Glenn
[November 5, 1894 – April 2, 1959] and Elizabeth (Schauer) Glenn
[November 8, 1898 – April 17, 1981] at Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
His parents were married at Tulsa on July 12, 1920, then
later moved to Bay City. Jack attended Bay City Public Schools and
graduated as Salutatorian
from Bay City High School with the Class of 1940. Following high
school he attended A & M College for one year before entering the
U.S. Army (1941-42). He enlisted in the Army Air Forces
Reserve Corps in October 1942, and was called to active duty in
January 1943. His military education was learned at many different
bases: Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX Jan – Feb 43; Texas A & M
College Feb – Apr 43; San Antonio
Well known Bay City resident
of fifty years, Mrs. Elizabeth Glenn, died April 17 in Vienna,
Austria.
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