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Glen Hugh Anderson

03/30/1935 - 01/13/2020

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Obituary For Glen Hugh Anderson

Glen passed away peacefully on Monday, January 13, 2020 at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. He was surrounded in love with his beloved family and is now home with his heavenly father in Heaven.

Glen was born in Spearfish, South Dakota on March 30, 1935 to Clifford and Ardith Anderson. His immediate family all preceded him in death. Father, Clifford Anderson, Mother, Ardith Anderson, Sister, Darlene Bothell, Sister, Maralyn Lawson, Brother, Allyn Anderson. He is survived by his wife Marilyn, with whom he shared 64 years of marriage, and their three children; Kirk (Carolyn), Linda (Steve) and Paula. They were blessed with five grandchildren; Ian, Lydia, Matthew, Courtney (Taylor), Emily and two great-grandsons, Jaxon and Rhody. Glen also had several nieces and nephews dearly loved as well as his sister-in-law, Beverly Stock (Wes). He cherished his family, loved them dearly and felt blessed to have them all.

Glen graduated from Auburn High School in 1953. He was in the United States Army (Alaska Communication System) and was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska when he married Marilyn Lyons in 1956. After an honorable discharge, he attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.

He worked at The Boeing Company in Finance and Facilities before beginning his career as a school administrator. Glen started in Auburn School District as Supervisor of Maintenance, Operation and Facilities Planning before moving to Puyallup for the bulk of his career as Director of Auxiliary Services and then Director of Facilities. He spent his last years before retirement in 1998 with the Kent School District as Director of Facilities and Construction. Glen felt the most rewarding and enjoyable part of his job was directing the construction and remodeling of 23 schools in Puyallup and 11 in Kent. He was greatly respected and admired for his work ethic in construction and maintenance of schools. He was a founder of WAMOA, Washington Association of Maintenance and Operations Administrators in 1982 and served as the Founding President. Glen was also involved in many other professional organizations.

After 2 years as snowbirds, Glen and Marilyn built a home in Surprise, Arizona in a community with 4 golf courses. Glen’s passion was golf, and he was blessed to be able to golf five days a week, sometimes six, in his favorite red golf cart. The sport gave him much joy and pleasure, even after he was unable to play he spent many hours watching golf on TV. Glen and Marilyn greatly enjoyed their life in Arizona before health issues precipitated a return home to Washington and they settled in Redmond to be close to family.

Glen died of Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson Disease but remained home during his illness and was lovingly cared for by his wife and daughter, Paula.

Memorial Service will be held at Price-Helton Funeral Home at 702 Auburn Way N, Auburn, WA 98002 on January 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm with a reception to follow.

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25 Jan

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  • 01/17/2025

    Glenn and I became friends in our Sophomore Year at Auburn High School.   We took PE Class, FFA (Future Farmers of America), and HIWI Club together.  He worked on our farm during silage & haying season.  Would like to mention the initiation of the HIWI Club.  We had to wear long underwear and then they tied us together, all in one line, and marched down through the main street of Auburn, about 8 pm in October.  Rather chilly. The following month we went to attend the  meeting, we were informed by the club adviser that the  club no longer existed in Auburn. During our junior  year we double dated with a couple girls from school.  I said switch and then we switched girls; it took months before the girls would ever speak to us again.  We had an excursion for FFA to Portland International to judge lifestock for FFA competition.  Charlie Munson, Glenn, Ole Sanas, myself.  And on our way home we stopped in Vancouver for lunch.  Someone ordered a Olympia Beer & I can't say who.  Teacher was shocked.   Glen was my  best man at my first marriage.    There were many more other memories; we were very close.  I am going to miss him a lot and I won't stop thinking about the good old days.  RIP Swede (Glen)

  • 01/17/2025

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