Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Sweet ,  Glova  Jr. February 21, 2006
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Published in The Daily News on 2/24/2006.    www.tdn.com/obits
	 	
Glova Sweet, Jr. of Longview, WA passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 
the age of 80. 

Glova was born February 19, 1926 in Ketchum, OK to Glova, Sr. and Edith (Scott) 
Sweet. He graduated from Kelso High School in 1944, where he played football. 

Glova and Leona Dinger married in February 1951. He served in the US Navy 
during WWII as a landing craft operator aboard the USS Effingham. Glova was 
employed at Longview Fibre for 37 years, retiring in 1989 as a machine tender. 
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, gardening (especially cultivating 
dahlias), along with traveling each year to Reno, NV with his wife and good 
friends. Glova's most avid interest was baseball. He coached many area kids, 
including his own, in Little League for thirteen years. He took great pride in 
seeing his son, Rick, become a Major League Player. Glova belong to the 
American Legion and volunteered for the Cowlitz County Search & Rescue . 

Glova was preceded in death by his parents, Glova, Sr. and Edith Sweet, 
brothers; John P., Austin (Gene) and Hershul, sister; Hazel Settlemier, nephew; 
Delmar Hesselgesser, Jr. and step-father; William Eitel. 

Survivors include his wife, Leona, brothers; Paul (Betty), Frank (Edith), 
sister; Helen (Delmar) Hesselgesser, step-sister; Arlene Page, sons; Gary 
(Sharon), Ricky (Molly), Rocky (Frances), Steven and daughter; Tracy Sweet. 
Glova has thirteen grandchildren; Shawn, Chris, Justin, Michael, Mary, Roxanne, 
Skyler, Kyle, Trevor, Chase, Madison, Spencer, and Tanner. He has five great-
grandchildren; Josh, Seth, Morgan, Austin, and Brianna, and many nieces and 
nephews. 

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, February 26, 1:00 PM at Steele 
Chapel in Longview. 

Contributions may be sent to Cowlitz County Search & Rescue at 312 S.W. First, 
Kelso, WA 98626 or Western Youth Baseball, PO Box 1313, Longview, WA 98632 

Arrangements are by Steele Chapel at Longview Memorial Park. 

	


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