Glenn was one of nine children born to Charles Abbott and Edna Anderson Ransom. At the age of two, Glenn traveled with his family from Kansas to Madera, California where the family stayed with his uncle while his father built what would become "the family home" in downtown San Jose, California.
From an early age Glenn was an avid reader with a fondness of historical and/or military accounts and novels. An equal passion for art was prodded along when at about age 18 he received a gift from his sister Emilie, a small artist's kit he proudly referenced for more than thirty years. Glenn studied art history at San Jose State University and throughout his life painted with oils and drew with charcoal - the walls of his home were frequently dotted with "works of art, in progress".
Glenn was an accomplished marksman (trap and skeet), an avid hunter, and a masterful pilot.
Glenn loved to fly his open cockpit "dusters" and often owned a few planes to fly for business and pleasure and proudly wore a "Red Baron-type" leather helmet his wife sewed for him, and humored his wife and children by wearing a long and flowing white silk scarf that could be seen flapping in the wind as he cruised over the field he dusted. Glenn's "plane of choice" was his pride and joy, a B-25 bomber (The Grey Mare) that he owned and flew for about 8 years. Glenn and his wife and two small daughters spent many a weekend at the Reid Hillman airport, the girls in the abandoned air traffic tower with their BB guns at the ready and his wife cooing over his efforts as he tinkered on the "bomber".
Glenn was first married to Bea Rhea (one daughter), then to Louise Helen Byrnes (two daughters). After Louise's death, Glenn was blessed to know Victoria A., a wonderful woman with whom he would spend the remainder of his life, living in Seattle, Washington and ultimately settling in Goleta, California where he and Victoria enjoyed being members of the Santa Barbara Power Squadron.
From an early age Glenn was an avid reader with a fondness of historical and/or military accounts and novels. An equal passion for art was prodded along when at about age 18 he received a gift from his sister Emilie, a small artist's kit he proudly referenced for more than thirty years. Glenn studied art history at San Jose State University and throughout his life painted with oils and drew with charcoal - the walls of his home were frequently dotted with "works of art, in progress".
Glenn was an accomplished marksman (trap and skeet), an avid hunter, and a masterful pilot.
Glenn loved to fly his open cockpit "dusters" and often owned a few planes to fly for business and pleasure and proudly wore a "Red Baron-type" leather helmet his wife sewed for him, and humored his wife and children by wearing a long and flowing white silk scarf that could be seen flapping in the wind as he cruised over the field he dusted. Glenn's "plane of choice" was his pride and joy, a B-25 bomber (The Grey Mare) that he owned and flew for about 8 years. Glenn and his wife and two small daughters spent many a weekend at the Reid Hillman airport, the girls in the abandoned air traffic tower with their BB guns at the ready and his wife cooing over his efforts as he tinkered on the "bomber".
Glenn was first married to Bea Rhea (one daughter), then to Louise Helen Byrnes (two daughters). After Louise's death, Glenn was blessed to know Victoria A., a wonderful woman with whom he would spend the remainder of his life, living in Seattle, Washington and ultimately settling in Goleta, California where he and Victoria enjoyed being members of the Santa Barbara Power Squadron.
Glenn was one of nine children born to Charles Abbott and Edna Anderson Ransom. At the age of two, Glenn traveled with his family from Kansas to Madera, California where the family stayed with his uncle while his father built what would become "the family home" in downtown San Jose, California.
From an early age Glenn was an avid reader with a fondness of historical and/or military accounts and novels. An equal passion for art was prodded along when at about age 18 he received a gift from his sister Emilie, a small artist's kit he proudly referenced for more than thirty years. Glenn studied art history at San Jose State University and throughout his life painted with oils and drew with charcoal - the walls of his home were frequently dotted with "works of art, in progress".
Glenn was an accomplished marksman (trap and skeet), an avid hunter, and a masterful pilot.
Glenn loved to fly his open cockpit "dusters" and often owned a few planes to fly for business and pleasure and proudly wore a "Red Baron-type" leather helmet his wife sewed for him, and humored his wife and children by wearing a long and flowing white silk scarf that could be seen flapping in the wind as he cruised over the field he dusted. Glenn's "plane of choice" was his pride and joy, a B-25 bomber (The Grey Mare) that he owned and flew for about 8 years. Glenn and his wife and two small daughters spent many a weekend at the Reid Hillman airport, the girls in the abandoned air traffic tower with their BB guns at the ready and his wife cooing over his efforts as he tinkered on the "bomber".
Glenn was first married to Bea Rhea (one daughter), then to Louise Helen Byrnes (two daughters). After Louise's death, Glenn was blessed to know Victoria A., a wonderful woman with whom he would spend the remainder of his life, living in Seattle, Washington and ultimately settling in Goleta, California where he and Victoria enjoyed being members of the Santa Barbara Power Squadron.
From an early age Glenn was an avid reader with a fondness of historical and/or military accounts and novels. An equal passion for art was prodded along when at about age 18 he received a gift from his sister Emilie, a small artist's kit he proudly referenced for more than thirty years. Glenn studied art history at San Jose State University and throughout his life painted with oils and drew with charcoal - the walls of his home were frequently dotted with "works of art, in progress".
Glenn was an accomplished marksman (trap and skeet), an avid hunter, and a masterful pilot.
Glenn loved to fly his open cockpit "dusters" and often owned a few planes to fly for business and pleasure and proudly wore a "Red Baron-type" leather helmet his wife sewed for him, and humored his wife and children by wearing a long and flowing white silk scarf that could be seen flapping in the wind as he cruised over the field he dusted. Glenn's "plane of choice" was his pride and joy, a B-25 bomber (The Grey Mare) that he owned and flew for about 8 years. Glenn and his wife and two small daughters spent many a weekend at the Reid Hillman airport, the girls in the abandoned air traffic tower with their BB guns at the ready and his wife cooing over his efforts as he tinkered on the "bomber".
Glenn was first married to Bea Rhea (one daughter), then to Louise Helen Byrnes (two daughters). After Louise's death, Glenn was blessed to know Victoria A., a wonderful woman with whom he would spend the remainder of his life, living in Seattle, Washington and ultimately settling in Goleta, California where he and Victoria enjoyed being members of the Santa Barbara Power Squadron.
