Glenn N. Englund

June 20, 1939 - September 27, 2011

Glenn Englund passed away September 27, 2011 in Walnut Creek, California following a lengthy illness. He was 72 years of age. He lived in Walnut Creek, California from 1974 until 2010 and thereafter commuted to the Bay Area from homes in Modesto and Clovis, Callifornia. Glenn was born June 20, 1939 in the town of Haines, Alaska where he spent his childhood and early adult years. He was the oldest of four and had three younger sisters. He was part of a large extended family where aunts, uncles and cousins were in and out of each other's home on a daily basis. Spirited discussion, great food, and warm hospitality were always a part of their lives. Haines was a small town of 150 residents, and Glenn loved the celebration of the annual town Christmas with his many relatives. He became a voracious reader of history during the long Alaska winter nights. Glenn was very close to his father, Niles Englund, who had emigrated to the United States from Sweden. Glenn's father taught him to fish and to hunt rabbits and game for their family food. Glenn also helped his dad in the building of their family home on homesteaded land in Haines in the late forties. Glenn's dad taught him woodworking and carpentry and Glenn worked in his dad's construction business during high school. Glenn was a self-described "sports nut" all his adult life, resulting from his enjoyment of the competition of high school sports. Glenn received a degree in diesel technology from the Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon on March 16, 1962. On April 4, 1962 he joined the United States Army. A few months later he was on a plane boarded with soldiers headed for Cambodia. Luckily, his sergeant learned before takeoff of his diesel engineering background and had him removed from the plane and sent to an American base in Italy where he worked as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic until his Honorable Discharge on March 28, 1964. After his discharge, Glenn worked on oil rigs in Alaska for several years. In 1970 he received his Bachelors degree in accounting from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California. Glenn worked for the Internal Revenue Service for 37 years before retiring in January of 2004 as an Appeals Team Manager from the Walnut Creek office. Glenn is survived by his wife Nancy J. Dooley-Englund, mother Hazel Englund, sons Darren N. Englund and Brett L. Englund, stepsons William O. Dooley and Vernon C. Dooley, grandson Maxwell Niles Dooley, and sisters Keitsie Anderson (brother-in-law Carl), Josephine Kauffman and Emily Zimbrich. Glenn was preceded in death by his father Niles F. Englund and brother-in-law Eugene Zimbrich. A Memorial Mass will be held November 5, 2011 at 12:00 noon at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 2039 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Walnut Creek, CA. Reception following Mass. Please RSVP to sister-in-law Barbara Kuhns at [email protected] Internment will be private. Memorials may be made to Glenn's favorite charities: Franciscan Friars, 1500 34th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601 or Disabled American Veterans, P. O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301. Please visit the online tribute at www.passalacquafuneralchapel.com.