Glenn Harvey Lane, 93, passed away Dec. 10, 2011, in Mount Vernon following a brief illness. He was born Jan. 29, 1918, in Hardin County, Iowa, the fourth of seven children born to Frank Everett and Carrie Pauline Thompson Lane.

After graduating from Plymouth High School in 1935, Glenn worked at a CCC Camp in Plainview, Minn. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Feb. 12, 1940, and was assigned to the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor. Glenn worked in the Aviation Division as a Radioman Third Class, flying as an air crewman on the battleship’s Kingfisher Scout planes.

On Dec. 7, 1941, he was aboard the USS Arizona, when the Japanese attacked. An explosion blew him off the Arizona and he swam to the Nevada, which was also hit. He literally had two battleships blown out from under him. He would eventually be awarded the Purple Heart by the Navy. He did take leave to marry Beverly J. Beck on July 1, 1942, in Alameda, Calif.

Glenn was assigned to various squadrons and ships, flying as a crewman in scouts and dive bombers during battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands and Tulagi. Glenn was on an aircraft attempting to land on the USS Yorktown when it was attacked and sunk by the Japanese. His plane was diverted to Midway Island but ran out of fuel and was ditched. The crew was eventually picked up by a PBY amphibian.

Glenn went on to finish a 30-year naval career, retiring as a Command Master Chief at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in 1969. He and Beverly were married over 60 years before her death in January 2007. They raised six children, who gave them 24 grandchildren and numerous great and great-great-grandchildren.

Glenn was a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors, North Cascades Chapter Five, The PBY Memorial Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Whitehead-Muzzall Post 7392, the Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 97, the USS Arizona Reunion Association, and the Church on the Rock, all of Oak Harbor.

After moving to Oak Harbor in 1961, Glenn moved to Sedro-Woolley and in 2010 was married to Abbe Galbreth in June of that year. His parents, all of his siblings and his wife Beverly preceded him in death.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Abbe, of Sedro-Woolley and her extended family, as well as his six children, Tom (Bobbie) Lane of Anacortes, Michael Lane of Deer Park, Wash., Diane (Mark) Vranes of San Bruno, Calif., Christine (Rand) Jarvis of Utah, Joanne (Patrick) Ewing of Everson, Wash., and Trish (Garth) Anderson of LaConner. He is also survived by many grandchildren, great and great-great grandchildren.

Memorial services for Glenn will be held at Wallin Funeral Home on Monday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. with Pastor Clint Webb and Cmdr. Michael Hakanson, CHC, USN officiating. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.

Friends and family are encouraged to share memories and condolences at www.wallinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home & Cremation.