OBITUARY: Charles Glenn Orlando Rye, Worth County, Iowa [Northwood Anchor online -- www.northwoodanchor.com May 22, 2001] Charles Glenn Orlando Rye [1913-2001] Glenn Rye, 88, formerly of Northwood, dies in Arizona C. Glenn Rye, 88, of Sun City West, AZ, who grew up in Northwood, died May 15, 2001 after a short illness but several years of health problems. Funeral services were held May 18 at Faith Presbyterian Church in Sun City. Interment is in the family plot, next to his parents and brother, in Northwood, IA. Charles Glenn Orlando Rye was born March 13, 1913, in Hanlontown, the eldest child of Arne O. Rye and Clara Benson Rye. He spent his formative years in Northwood, where he graduated from high school in 1931. Since that year was one in which the nation was mired in the Depression, Glenn worked as a bookkeeper in a Northwood bank for a year to raise the money for college. He then attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN for a year before transferring to the State University of Iowa, where he graduated "With High Distinction" with a B.S. degree in Commerce in 1936. Following college, he worked for a year at a bank in Des Moines before becoming a bank examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. World War II interrupted that employment. During the war, Glenn served as an officer with the U.S Navy, stationed in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was honorably discharged in 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant, Senior Grade. He married Shirley Jean Frye in Albion, Michigan on May 18, 1941. Friday would have been their 60th wedding anniversary. After the war, Glenn and Shirley, along with their growing family, lived in Waterloo and Northwood, where he resumed the "on the road" life of a federal bank examiner. They later moved to Des Moines when he became Executive Vice President of the First Federal State Bank. In 1952 he joined First Bank Corporation, which sent him to Billings, Montana as Vice President of the Midland National Bank (now US Bank). In Billings, Glenn also served as President of the YMCA, President of the Community Chest (the forerunner of today's United Way), and as a member of the governing body of the First Presbyterian Church. He was also Montana's representative to the national board of the American Cancer Society. Transferring to Duluth in 1962, Glenn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Northern City National Bank (now also US Bank). He served as President of both the Duluth YMCA and St. Luke's Hospital, and was honored as "Boss of the Year" by the Duluth Jaycees. He was a member of the Northland Country Club. Glenn retired in 1978. He and Shirley moved to Sun City, AZ, where he served as President of the Sun Health Foundation and was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and a younger brother, Arthur Rye. Survivors include his wife, Shirley, of Sun City West, AZ; a son, David Rye (Gay Ann), of Billings; two daughters, Janet Fleetwood (Gerald), of LaGrange, IL and Cynthia Snyder (Stephen) of Minneapolis; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. ************************************************************** Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) ************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************