This website was created to honor the memory of Glenn. We welcome your stories, thoughts, pictures and videos. Engaging with people was so important to him so hearing that Glenn has touched your life in some way helps to ease our tremendous pain. Thank you for your love, support and patience.
We hope to see you on 2/16/19 to share stories & memories!
Hotels nearby: Residence Inn Capitol Park, Westin Sacramento, Kimpton Sawyer, Holiday Inn Downtown, Embassy Suites
Favorite charities: Habitat for Humanity, Sacramento Tree Foundation, Georgia Tech, Powerhouse Science Center & Yosemite Conservancy
Tributes
Leave a tributeCrystal, I hope you and the boys are well.
So much has changed since you left us, but your legacy carries on. Forever missed.
Sandra Magallon
Enviroplex
Until we meet again, Big O.
Allen
KNIGHTS are forever.
Glenn left us much too soon. He is in my heart forever. A fond memory is Zach was not a year old yet in Dallas. I needed some Glenn time and called to go to lunch. He was babysetting Zach. We decide to get together at our favorite shrimp place on Hillcrest and Beltline. It was January 7th and we sat outside at a picnic table. Zach was in his carrier and we sat him on the picnic table. Now in January on this day it was 74 degrees. Of course Glenn and I each had a schooner of beer. What great times and memories !!!
Steve Martin
Glenn's friendly, outgoing, "let's do it" demeanor was the main reason our unit was the "frat house" for about a dozen hoop playing, hard charging, hackers and former athletes. We ALWAYS had a half dozen people hanging out on a daily basis.
One thing i LOVED about hanging with Glenn were the belly laughs that were contagious and endless and brought tears.
Strangely, beyond extreme love of Georgia Tech, he was a big Dallas Cowboys fan! What is with that?
He also could never leave a golf course with a "loss" and would play OT golf in 100% heat til he won.
Our unit at "The Wood" was ground zero for all activities and Glenn was the ringmaster.
Smiles, Cribbage, Golf, Hoops, Horses, and Parties were the norm. I have a hundred stories of Glenn and will never forget him. Neither will Big Al, Hoppy, Wayne, Bobby, Dickie, Barry, Jack, Jeff, Chris, Joe, Don, Bear(posthumous) and many others.
Bless the memory of Glenn Owens.
My heartfelt sympathy and best wishes to Crystal, the boys and the family going forward.
To Crystal, Zac, Mitch and Chase, my heart hurts for you. Glenn would talk often of how proud he was of all of you and you could tell how much he adored his beautiful wife. May you find comfort and love with each of these beautiful memories that each person shares.
My love to Crystal and the boys in grieving this loss but I know that each one of you carry him within.
… and possessing different temperaments, talents, and convictions …My prayers go out to the Owens family.
I am so very sorry to hear of your loss. Please know that my heart goes out to you all. You are in my prayers. It has been many years but I have not forgotten your lovely family.
If Tears Could Build A Stairway
“If tears could build a stairway
And memories were a lane
We would walk right up to Heaven
And bring you back again
No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why
Our hearts still ache in sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know
But now we know you want us
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
Since you’ll never be forgotten
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you’ll always stay”
~ author unknown
We love you Glenn Owens!!!
The Gacutan’s
My deepest sympathies to his wife and the boys.
We are going to miss you Glenn Owens!
Glenn was never “just a dude”, he was so much more. He was the steady force that guided our efforts. He was our conscious behind the decisions we made, ensuring we were always doing what was right. He was the passion behind the work we completed. He was a great mentor that we all wanted to follow. He was that big loud laugh that we needed to keep our spirits up. But most of all he was a true friend.
I truly will miss you Glenn, thank you.
This poem is fitting when thinking about how he would like us to remember him....
Afterglow
I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun;
Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.
Leave a Tribute
Crystal, I hope you and the boys are well.
So much has changed since you left us, but your legacy carries on. Forever missed.
Sandra Magallon
Enviroplex
Just a Great Guy!
I’ve known Glenn since elementary school here in Chester, Va. He moved to Irmo, SC for a couple of years and then one day I was in my yard and noticed a moving van going down the street. Well, about an hour later I see this person on his bike coming towards me yelling Greg! Low and behold it was Glenn! Mrs. Owens told him to go outside and play while the movers moved them in. I went and got my bike and Glenn and I rode our bikes all over Chester letting people know Glenn was back! Before we knew it, it was dark, and we went home because Glenn said he was going to be in trouble for being late. Well, the next day Glenn calls me up and said his Mom wants to talk to me about being late the day before and if I could come to the house around 6pm. Reluctantly I said ok. Well, I get there and Glenn says his mom is in the kitchen. I walk in the kitchen and Mrs. Owens gives me the biggest hug and said sit down and eat and thanked me for welcoming Glenn back to Chester! I look over at Glenn and he is rolling in laughter! That was just Glenn!
All of us here in Chester that grew up with Glenn and graduated with him from TDHS are just heartbroken. I know we go our separate ways but we always have those fond memories from our childhood thru High School. How fortunate I am to have had Glenn in my life, even for a short period, because he truly was a great person who would brighten up anybody’s day! My heart breaks for his wife and family! I just want the Owens family to know that he was very much loved back here in Chester, Va!
Miss ya Big O
Childhood friend
I met Glenn on the first day of second grade at C.E.Curtis Elementary in Chester, Va. He was sitting in the desk in front of me, turned around to ask me a question and we were friends from that moment on. I am sorry that we drifted apart when he moved to San Francisco in the 80's. I thought about him quite often. Most people probably don't know this but when Glenn was 17 or 18 he was a huge fan of the comic Andy Kaufman. He could do about a 15 minute Andy Kaufman skit that was spot on. I wish we had video cameras back then. He was so good. I can still hear him doing that voice. I am heartbroken that I will never get to talk and laugh with him again. Rest in peace, Big O!!
David Davies
Lifetime Memories
When I think of my Uncle Glenn, I think of someone who exuded happiness — someone’s who’s laugh is contagious and made everyone else laugh too. The worst “goodbyes,” “I love you’s” and hugs are when you don’t know that, that is the last time that you will see and/or speak to someone. At the same time, I have to remind myself that we all have memories and experiences that will prevail. Yes, some will make us burst out into tears, but those tears should also be of happiness — because we have had the opportunity to experience them. We lived them; we are who we are because we were there.
I know my Uncle Glenn made a lasting impression on everyone he met, and I will do my best to capture some of my memories of him.
Fun Fact: Many may not know this, but he’s someone who loved “water shoes”...though that’s not what he called them. This was something that was always a joke between my brother, dad and me — why did Uncle Glenn look like he was always ready for adventure...water shoes and all? It’s because that’s how he lived his life. He lived and loved to the fullest; regardless of what he was planning to do, he was always prepared: water shoes, backpack, phone googled-destination — he was ready.