Glen Edger Lush II

On the tenth of January Dad fell and broke his femur. Breaking a bone and surgery are not good things for 93-year-olds and while the surgery went well, the recovery did not and on February 2, 2025 he died. Here is a small part of his story and a few pictures.

Glen Lush was born into a house with no electricity or running water back in December of 1931 in the little town of Climax Springs, MO. A few moves later he was living in Kansas City, MO, where he went to high school. He played the tuba and sousaphone in the band and was on the ROTC rifle team. The team practiced in the basement of the school after classes were done for the day. Other big city attractions included getting to see the legendary Hank Williams in concert in 1941. It was also in Kansas City where he met his future wife, Patricia Morrison, at a square dance. He liked to say he married an older woman. Her birthday is a couple of weeks before his and they got married in between their two birthdays. Last December, they celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary.

Their honeymoon was brief as Glen was in the Army and duty called. He served in Korea during the war and then came home to civilian life. After graduating from the University of Kansas in 1958, he took a job that sent him off to Pittsburgh, PA where his first son, Mark, was born. Another move, this time to the St. Louis area and the family grew to include another son, Clark.  

In 1971, the family was off to Palatine, IL, a suburb of Chicago. There Glen got into running and attending the boys’ soccer and hockey games. He was also one of the driving forces behind the creation of the veteran’s memorial in Community Park. As luck would have it, or (more likely) Glen arranged it, the stone honoring Korean War vets is the one most visible from the busiest road in town.

He worked for Continental Can Company in their paper cup division and later with Solo Cup Company. These jobs allowed him to meet Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC. He also sold cups to the Roy Rogers restaurant chain so of course he got to meet the King of the Cowboys as well. During his career he did a great deal of traveling and earned many free trips on different airlines. This allowed Pat and Glen to travel the world. They walked on the Great Wall of China, chipped a chunk off the Berlin Wall, saw kangaroos, the Great Pyramid of Giza and many other wonderful sites. 

Here in Wolfeboro, Pat and Glen were very active with the Active Older Adults hiking all over the state. He would usually drive his van (the Lushmobile) on these excursions. Besides hiking, Glen was an avid walker about town, and he enjoyed his grandsons, especially backyard sledding parties. He could also be found playing tennis at the town courts every summer. Getting a pacemaker only slowed him down a little.

One of the highlights of his life was in 2018 when he got to go on an Honor Flight to see the memorials in Washington DC. There were World War II and Korean War vets on this trip, and he even got to meet former Senator Bob Dole who not only was a WWII vet himself but was also from Kansas, so Glen and Mr. Dole had things to talk about. Glen was pleasantly surprised to see grandson Travis meet him when he got off the bus at one of the memorials. Travis is in the Coast Guard and was then and still is stationed in Virginia. 

Several years ago, he and Pat moved to Sugar Hill where some serious pool playing took place. They enjoyed their time living there, and in October it was time for one last move. This move was to Mountain View Community in Ossipee which is a wonderful place with even more wonderful people working there.

Glen was predeceased by his brother, Curtis, sister, Louise, and son, Clark. He is survived by his wife, Pat and son Mark and his wife, Brenda. He also leaves behind three grandchildren and two great grandchildren: Jesse and his wife Alex and kids Amberly and Clark, Casey and his wife Kira, and grandson Travis.   

A Celebration of Life will take place on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Wolfeboro. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Lakes Region Conservation Trust.

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