Glenn was born Dec. 13, 1935 in Columbia, S.C. to Rev. Glenn S. and Ruby Sandel Eckard. After most of his young life as a Navy junior, he graduated from the University of Virginia in 1958 with a bachelor of arts degree in aeronautical engineering. After two years in the Navy, where he met and married Ann Milford, he came to the Seattle area to work for the Boeing Company as an engineer. Glenn was employed by Boeing for 34 years and retired in 1994. Glenn earned a master of aeronautics and astronautics degree from the University of Washington in 1965.

Wife Ann died from complications due to breast cancer in 1979. Glenn married Texie Patricia “Pat” in 1981.

Glenn and Pat moved to Whidbey Island in 1995 where they lived happily until Pat was stricken with Alzheimer’s disease. She died from complications of the disease in 2015.

Glenn is survived by sons Charles Jerome of Lynnwood, Christopher Glenn, daughter-in-law Lorraine and grandson Drew of Port Angeles, and sister Elaine Winona Cloud of Portland, Ore.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday Nov. 3, 2 p.m. at Wallin Funeral Home with a reception to follow. Glenn will be laid to rest beside Ann at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Bellevue.

Memorials in Glenn’s name are suggested to: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, P.O. Box 19024, J5-200, Seattle, WA 98109-1024