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is missing and they tell me that it's gonna heal with time but i know you're in a place where all your wounds have been arrayed and knowing yours are healed is healing mine the only scars in heaven won't belong to me and you there'll be no such thing as broken and all the old will be made new and the thought that makes me smile now even as the tears relying upon your grace that is all sufficient for us in every situation we pray today again that the comfort of the holy spirit would be here as well may we sense your presence as we celebrate the life of glenn b remember you is how that he has impacted us and how he has been such a vital part of our life we thank you again for your presence in the grace of the lord jesus christ jesus name amen let me welcome you those of you that have come to celebrate the life of glenn and this is a celebration a rejoicing of what he has meant to us in our lives and there will be the time of sharing of memories and of what how he has blessed our lives and i'll be sharing some things as well about his life and how that he has impacted us as well so let's rejoice in the lord and be glad in him god bless you i believe that you'll see a theme throughout this memorial service about the grace of god and how that he changes our lives and he transforms us and we have confidence in him glenn being 83 years of age passed away peacefully on june the 14th 2026 he was born on july 16 1942 in cleveland ohio to clarence and virginia bean he spent his childhood in cleveland attended local schools before moving on to hinkley ohio and attending highland high school where he graduated with a class of 1961 it was providential that he moved to hinkley because that's where he met the love of his life following high school glenn attended a and p mechanics school and began a long and successful career with american airlines his career took him to cleveland chicago and eventually to tulsa where he retired in 2008 as an avionics crew chief after many years of dedicated service glenn met the love of his life linda in hinkley while they were still in the eighth grade the two grew up attending school together and were married in february of 1964. and together they built a loving family and shared more than six decades of memory known for his remarkable mechanical abilities glenn loved tinkering with cars and fixing just about anything his family affectionately nicknamed him joe patron because he there was seemingly nothing he couldn't repair he was truly a mechanical genius with a gift for solving problems glenn enjoyed traveling especially his memorable trip to hawaii with his family he was passionate about airplanes airshow and world war ii history blessed with an incredible memory he was often the family source of information and stories sitting on the bulk of his head while at home volunteering during his retirement years he devoted many hours volunteering with the tulsa air and space museum combining his love of aviation with service to his community glen was also a longtime member at destiny life church and enjoyed going to sunday service with his wife linda he was preceded in death by his parents clarence and virginia bean he survived by his beloved wife linda b his children denise may berry and her husband viné lighting miracle Brian, Suzanne Bean, Jim Bean and his wife Heidi, and Amy Hamilton and her husband Jim, his grandchildren Hannah Monaco and husband Cord, Caitlin Bean, Kyle Bean and wife Kaylee, Emma Grace Hamilton and Addison Hamilton, and his great-grandchild August Bean. He'll be remembered for his devotion to family, his extraordinary mechanical talents, his love of aviation, and the countless lives he touched throughout his 83 years. He will deeply be missed by all who knew and loved him. Glenn, how that he has affected your life and what you remember. We have a microphone here on the floor if you would like to just come and share what's on your heart and what the Lord or what Glenn has has meant to you. The floor is open. Yeah, my name is Kurt Davis. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer.
I'm a lawyer. I'm a lawyer. time friend of Linda and Glenn. We've got a little message here I'd like to read to you guys. I first met my friend from the American Airlines. I hired on in 1966 and he in 1967. A small intersection. We then found out that we lived in the same town, Hinkley, Ohio. A small intersection with the hardware store and maybe two other stores at the junction. I lived in a small development on the south side of the main highway and Glenn, his family, lived in a farmhouse on the north side. I remember Glenn is a pretty good tomato farmer and if anybody had something that was broken, Glenn could fix it. About 1968, American Airlines Union went on strike. Since Glenn had an AA AI and an A&P, he had a side job with a Cessna dealer. He invited me to go to work there. So instead of picketing and burning wood in a 55-gallon drum to keep warm, I went to work with him at Freedom Field, a small airport in Montana, Ohio. When we returned to American and the strike was over, we continued to work together part-time for several years.
At Freedom Field, I don't think Glenn had a pilot's license, but I recall he did test fly an airplane a few times. In 1973, in 1974, we were laid off from American Airlines. Glenn took the transfer to another station and I took the layoff and taught school at a newly built aviation school. Sometime in 1978, I returned to AA. During that time, I was in the Air Force. I was in the Air Force. I was reunited with Glenn, who was also working there. We had very limited contact with each other until we ran into each other again at a fundraiser for Air and Space Museum. I know he was heavenly, heavenly involved there and many friends. Glenn was a special person and friend. You'll be missing him. I'm sorry, I'm a little tall. I'm not really good at public speaking, so just hopefully I do good. For those who don't know me, my name is Caitlin Bean. I am one of the grandchildren of Glenn and Linda, and my parents are James and Heidi Bean, and my brother is Kyle. I should be looking at my notes. I have so many countless stories and memories. I can ramble and tell all about Grandpa, but I was going to share a couple of things. For those who don't know, my brother, mom, dad, and I, we all live in Nashville, Tennessee, so it's pretty hard sometimes to, you know, go to every single family event, but whenever we come, it just, we just cherish the moment and all the memories that we have. And, of course, Grandpa would love to travel car to come to Nashville and every, every other family, all the family members, too, and I just loved every moment of it. I always get really excited when Grandpa, especially, like, any one of my family comes to Nashville because it's, it's just very special. This, everyone just lives in Oklahoma, and we live in Nashville. It's, it's, you know, very special, especially, like, he's always been, Grandpa's always been my cheerleader when, I have a big milestone, like my graduation and Kyle's graduation as well.
He was always there for all of those things and always is the life of the party. We taught my grandpa how to do the floss for one of the graduations. Still got that on video, probably one of my favorite videos with him. My second memory was last summer. Grandma will know this story. She had me run some errands to pick up some food for dinner. And she told me to go to 10 Box and come straight back home, straight back to her house. I did not do that. Sometimes I just like to drive around. And I remember grandpa talked about going to Brahms and having his annual Friday lunch with his pals and everything. And I just decided to drive the van all the way to Brahms and surprise him. I remember walking in, giving the biggest surprise. He was so surprised I came. His eyes just lit up and he was excitement. And he would talk about all about like all the accomplishments I did and like how special it is that I came and him. And he was introducing me to all of his friends. And it was just very exciting to see his face and just light up. Just I went to Brahms with him. It was so much fun. And my other memory is all the airplane stories. Every time I have a car. I come to Oklahoma to grandma and grandpa's house. I will see him watching all this World War II planes to talk about all about his trips from Hawaii to every other plane you can imagine about American Airlines and how to fix it. I think the influence of loving traveling and plane rides. I think me loving that a lot. It came from because of him. And I just really.
Really enjoy flying just like my grandpa would my last memory one of my last memories happened a couple months ago in March I came for spring break for my birthday and I saw him watching TV and he was watching Fox weather but it had a it was a different type of TV show it's like a person who's traveling likes to talk about the weather and hike and do all these fun like history things and just travel around the world in the country. And I think that's really cool. And I remember watching with him asked him what it was and it's called part. And you guys should check it out. It's really it's really really cool. And he talked to me and told me that it reminds him of me just because of the bubbly personality the outfits that she was wearing and also the love sheet the loving of traveling around the country and just flying do all these things. just he just thought it was me and ever since then i've been watching that tv show on my roku tv almost every weekend just watching it because um it just hold a special place in my heart just recently and i wanted to be ready to you know get some more knowledge of the tv show when i came back to oklahoma over the summer um it just was just a it i just cherish that one the most um it was just a special bond and he got really excited to tell everybody that tv show reminded him of me and i told that to all my friends and everything so he will be missed i'm love you grandpa very much um trying to hold the tears right now but um thank you all for celebrating my grandpa my grandpa and just sharing some beautiful words and beautiful memories that he has given us so god bless y'all and thank you good afternoon friends and family i'm addie hamilton i'm glenn's youngest granddaughter and firstly i just wanted to thank you all for coming today and honoring my poppy the life he led and the beautiful family he built with my grandma i'm going to share a few stories with you all today and i'll do my best to keep this short and sweet anyone who knew my poppy knew that he loved working on airplanes he loved working in general on cars mowers and anything he could get his hands on if you had car trouble you could always count on good old joe tony to figure it out even if it meant he would kidnap your car for weeks at a time but he did love working on airplanes the most he tried to pass on his love of airplanes to the next generation and by next generation i mean me so when his five-year-old granddaughter wanted to spend time with him he filled that time with education and education about airplanes hours and hours of youtube videos hours and hours of sitting on my grandpa's lap while he rambled on like an excited kid now as you can imagine watching all those videos was not the most exciting way for a five-year-old to spend their time but it made my grandpa happy and it made me happy to see him happy my favorite memory with my poppy was a trip he took with my mom dad sister and i to ohio and a few other places along the way at the time grandpa had just turned 80 and we decided we were going to go on a hike with our 80 year old grandpa because that doesn't sound like a disaster but we were going to go on a hike with our 80 year old grandpa because that doesn't sound like a disaster so a few times the rest of us were ready to turn around especially me and my mom because we were worried that poppy was going to fall but poppy was not scared at all and he was sure we were going to make it to the top so sure enough we made it i just thought to myself how lucky i was to have a grandpa like him because i knew none of my friends grandparents would ever do something like that with them so that was a special memory that i would always have with my grandpa for 17 years he was one of the people always cheering me on every soccer game or every race anytime he could find a way to be there he would be there my grandpa was a man of few words most of the time and on that trip he took with my family me and him hung back from the rest of the group a lot happy to be in compatible silence with each other but in one of those moments he told me that he was proud of me and that i was a good kid i will always carry those words with me to remind myself that he is always cheering me on and supporting me through all seasons of my life so today we aren't here to say goodbye to my grandpa but we're actually here to say see you later because this funeral isn't for him but it's a chance for us to come together honor him and celebrate the great life he lived thank you all so much for listening and god bless you everybody um for those of you don't know me my name is kyle i am glenn's grandson and i wanted to come up here today share a few words about my grandpa some memories on what he meant to me he was a great man.
One of my favorite qualities about him was how dependable he was. There weren't a lot of times in my life where he wasn't there. You know, he was always willing to help, lend a hand, be there. And a lot of my favorite memories, they come with that. You know, he had a servant's heart and, you know, a lot of the help he gave me was with my car. You never knew what he was going to say or do in those moments. One time I showed up and he had these goggles on his head, but the straps had broken. So he taped them to his face. Another time he, I walked into the garage and he was fixing something on my car and it was just this piece of metal he had in his hand. And he's using his grinder and he has it against it and sparks are just flying everywhere. He had his goggles on, but he was in short sleeves, no gloves on, nothing. You know, he was truly one of a kind. It was great to be around him. And what I appreciated most about him, he was very patient. There wasn't, you know, any time I wanted to know how to do something, he would take the time and teach me. You never get frustrated. He was always patient. And, you know, a lot of my knowledge today about cars, how to fix things, you know, that comes from him and my dad. They both played a huge impact in my life. Another memory after that, we would sometimes go out to eat. We would go to a donut shop. We would go to a restaurant. And I brought my dad and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and my mom and And he ate with me at my cafeteria. And that was something else. But every time he walked in these places, he acted like the whole room knew him. And he would walk in the doors and just say, Hello, I'm here. Don't worry, everybody. I am here. And people would just be looking at him and he didn't care. But the reactions were great. Another time, my buddy, he pulled up to us in his car. He drives this little tiny car. If you don't know, it's called a Scion. It's very tiny. It's very compact. He just looks at him and goes, oh, you drive a Scion and lifts his wrists. To this day, even every time he saw him, he would say, hey, Scion. It made us both laugh, but I'm grateful for all those memories. I'm very grateful I was able to be there the day before he passed. He was in good spirits and he was himself in those moments. That means a lot to me knowing that he was. He was giving nurses a hard time. He had the choice of wanting anything to eat as well from a steak or a hamburger, Denise called him. For some reason, he said, I want black beans and vinegar. Denise brought them for him. He ate them and he criticized how they were cooked. He said they weren't cooked right. But there's not a way to make black beans or vinegar taste good, but he said there was. But what gives me a lot of peace is knowing that he felt loved and cared for by his family. And he made it a point to tell us that before he left. He was prayed over and he looked at us and said, I appreciate you guys and I can see and feel your love. And that makes me feel better knowing that he felt that way because it's important. But thank you guys for coming. I wanted to share some memories. I love you. When I started off, it was wonderful. The grass was looking good. But I didn't get very far and that mower stopped. Not very good. So I got off and I'm trying to figure out my mower and it's like I didn't know what to do. And all I have to always do is call Glenn when I'm in a jam or a mess. And so I call him up. and you know usually I have to just say tractor mower or trailer lights and he would be there to help me always to help me so he came over and it was a hot day not a tree in sight and he gets looking at my mower and he says Cheryl you put gasoline in the diesel mower and so he spent I don't know how long it wasn't five minutes um draining the mower and fixing it for me so I could get started back to mowing I had a long day and I must say the grass did look really good when I got done and I am taking phone numbers and names of people that want to help someone that's in a jam because Glenn's gone and I sure did appreciate everything he saved the day always and was an awesome help and I'm good for him I'll miss him but I'm sure he's in heaven with my dad looking at the grass and the engines and having a good time today we're going to hear the old rugged cross join in and sing with them you may as I begin to meditate and think about what I would share today the verse that came to me may not seem like a normal type of passage of scripture to share but I believe it does typify and help us to remember Glenn and that is from Romans chapter number eight verses one and two where Paul the apostle as he was writing he said this there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death I remember Glenn he called me one day excuse me and he said can we talk I said sure we met here at the church facility and sit down and began to talk and he began to share with me his life about how that he grew up and he especially brought out the fact that after he and Linda were married they were living in Cleveland and they went to a Billy Graham crusade and at that crusade he walked to the front and gave his life to Jesus and from Linda's testimony about the transformation and the change in his life because Christ had come into his life and had changed and transformed him became a kinder man more loving caring just a real change and Linda said at that same crusade that she rededicated her life to the Lord as well I see in him and I did see in him a man of a tender heart caring for people it's been shared by those who have talked here today about how that call him on a hot day put the wrong fuel in a lawnmower no complaints just fixed it no complaints about working on a vehicle just fixed it because he cared for people I mentioned a moment ago I believe about the fact of the providential hand of God and I believe about the fact of the providential hand of God in the fact that he moved to Hinkley and there in the eighth grade he met Linda now Linda told me the reason why that she really was attracted to him is because she
