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Glen Reed Brown

7 Nov 1925 – 26 Jan 2017

Birth7 Nov 1925
Death26 Jan 2017
CemeteryProvo City Cemetery
Provo , Utah County , Utah , USA
Added byAnnie Duckett Hundley on 01 Feb 2017
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175745513

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Interment 30 Jan 2017

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Glen Reed Brown 1925 - 2017 VETERAN Early Life: Glen was born November 7, 1925, in Provo, Utah, to Cleveland Wright Brown and Wilmirth Hortense Brown Brown. He grew up in Provo where he met the love of his life and graduated from Provo High School. Life's Work | Service | Interests: On May 28, 1945, Glen married Betty Ruth Ellison in the Salt Lake Temple and enjoyed 56 wonderful years together. He served in the United States Army in World War II. He attended both Brigham Young University and Stanford University earning his PhD from BYU. He served many years as the principal of Joaquin, Provost and Edgemont Elementary Schools. He was director of the Youth Center at the State Hospital and Director of the Regional Mental Health Center. He also taught at BYU and Utah Valley University and was a popular speaker in the intermountain area. Glen was a very devoted public servant in Provo. His service included the following: School Board, Water Board, Cultural Affairs Commission, and Chair of the Freedom Festival. He was Director on the Board of the Central Utah Water Project and participated on the Metropolitan Water Board. He pioneered a recreational program for disabled youth in Utah County. Glen served in many leadership capacities as a member of the Church. He had an insatiable love of the outdoors and taught his family to respect and appreciate the beauty of nature. Hobble Creek Canyon was his favorite spot where he most often hunted and fished. His passion was spending time there with his father and brothers, the later, with Betty, his children and grandchildren. No one cooked a better breakfast or a meaner hamburger on an open fire! His specialty was cooking frozen eggs. Glen Reed Brown, of Provo, Utah, died peacefully of natural causes on January 26, 2017. He was 91. Family Message: "We celebrate his life and we will miss him greatly." Survived By: His seven children: Michael (Leslie), Barry (Debbie), Kelly (Sharon), JaNae Haas, Danny, Bonnie (Dirk) DeGraw, and Julie (Claudia) Brown; 20 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Preceded In Death By: His dear wife, Betty; his parents and all eight of his siblings. Arrangements and Obituary: © 2017 | Berg Mortuary of Provo Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Location: Provo Peak 2nd Ward Chapel | Provo, Utah Interment: Provo City Cemetery Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley

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MARRIED MAY 28, 1945

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