Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Higbee, Glenn U. 2001
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 3 May 2001

God knew that you were suffering, that all the hills were hard to climb, so he
gently closed your eyelids and whispered, “Peace be thine.”  Glenn Higbee was
born Oct.  8, 1913 in St. Johns, MI to Roscoe and Madge (Stoddard) Higbee.  The
family moved to Lyons, where he attended Murphy & Lyons schools and move to
Pewamo, where he attended Pewamo School.  As a youth he worked as a farm
laborer, construction worker, and with the CCC camps before hiring into Motor
Wheel Corporation, retiring in 1974 after 37 years of service.  In 1944, Glenn
joined the U.S. Navy during World War II and served as Water Attender Third
Class on the Destroyer Escort “USS Joseph E. Connally.”

After the war ended he joined the Naval Reserve in Lansing and served until
1950.  Recently he joined the V.F.W. Edwin J. Leyanna Post #671, DeWitt.  In the
early years Glenn enjoyed building and racing stock cars and riding his Indian
motorcycles.  He dearly loved his family, surviving are Laura Mae (Lindsey), his
wife of 48 years, daughter, Patricia (David) Downing of Mason, son Paul (Sondra
Jenks) of Williamston, four grandchildren, Joshua, Michael (Rachel), Jesse and
Amanda, brother Sylvester (Betty) of Mason, sister Ginger Webster of Palm
Gardens, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews.  His greatest pleasure with his
family was pulling their travel trailer and enjoying the great sights of the
United States.  During his retirement years he and his wife enjoyed traveling in
their motor home spending winters in Texas and Zephyrhills, Fla.

Along with his son Paul, Glenn rebuilt a 1948 Indian Chief motorcycle and enjoy
displaying it along with his large collection of antique gasoline engines. 
Glenn helped Bob Beck developed Beck’s Meadows Flea Market and was the flea
market master for many years.  He was most proud of establishing and organizing
the annual Antique Gas Engine and Tractor Show, which is held every year in May
at Beck’s Meadows.  One year, Art Wainwright from the WILX TV station
interviewed him named him the “Engine Man.”

Glenn was preceded in death by his parents, one sister Bernita Mooney, and two
brothers, Richard and Willard.

The family would like to thank all their friends and neighbors for their concern
and support during his illness, especially the Trendels, the Gesselmans, and the
VanWormers.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at noon at the
Gorsline-Runciman company DeWitt Chapel, 111 S.  Franklin St., DeWitt. 
Interment will follow in Gunnisonville Cemetery, DeWitt, with military graveside
services being provided by the V.F.W. Edwin J. Leyanna Post #671.  The family
will receive friends at the chapel Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8
p.m.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to
Calvary Baptist Church Fund, 14769 Wood St., Lansing, 48906 or to the V.F.W.
Edwin J. Leyanna Post #671 Building Fund, 12550 S. U.S. 27, DeWitt, 48820.


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