Glen E. Gribble
Glen E. Gribble passed away on December 10, 2019. Glen was born in Butte, Montana on February 27, 1931 to Irene and Tom Gribble. Glen attended local schools and graduated from Butte High School in 1949. Following graduation, he was employed by the Montana Power Company until 1951 when he joined the Marine Corps.
Glen was deployed to Korea with D Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division. His tour lasted from June 1951 to July 1952. Following deployment, Glen was stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii until his discharge in February 1954.
On June 1, 1953, Glen married his childhood pal, Delores Dallas, and they traveled through life together for over 60 years, until her death in 2013.
After his discharge from the Marine Corps, Glen returned to Montana. He was employed by Mountain Bell as an apprentice lineman. He served as a lineman in various western Montana towns but quickly became a manager. He retired in 1986 after a 32-year career, which spanned Mountain Bell’s transitions to US West and Qwest.
Glen and Delores had three children, Stephen, DeeAnn, and David, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Glen was a great husband and father who taught his children the value of integrity and resiliency and the love of the outdoors. Family activity was his greatest pleasure, and there were many family adventures skiing, boating, camping, and hiking. One of his passions was his cabin on the Missouri River where, after a good day of work, he could be found on the river pulling a water skier, hiking with Delores, or sitting on the deck with a pipe, enjoying the sunset.
Time to “come on through.” We will miss you greatly, Dad and Grandpa. Semper Fi.
Cremation has taken place and there will be no formal service.
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Wilma Tabaracci says
Glen was such a sweet pleasant man. He will be greatly missed❤️
Mary McDonald says
please except my condolences on the loss of you dad he will forever be the telephone man in my memories from his time in Philipsburg.
Jere Hoy says
I worked with Glen for a number of years at ‘Ma Bell’. He was a pleasure to work with and to know. He will be missed by many.
Jim Anders says
Glenn was an excellent manager and an all around great guy. He always had time for for conversation.
Judith Getz says
Kevin and I were sad to read of the death of your dad. When we moved to Philipsburg Kevin took his position as your family moved on to greater things. Glen and Dee were so kind to us, introducing us to the community and helping us to settle there as well as Glen showing Kevin the ropes of the new job.. We remember their children as fun and pleasant.
Our sincere sympathy to you. Kevin and Judy.Getz
Jan Mcgree says
Glen was such a dear man and great friend. He loved people and live socializing with everyone at Touchmark. It always brightened my day to get to see him a talk about his latest dinner out with his grandson , where to go next time or get him a glass of wine at our cocktail hour. He was such a good person and so caring and kind to everyone . I will miss him so much! Thank you for sharing your father with us, he will be so missed by all! With sincere sympathy and love, Jan McGree❤️🙏
John Willard says
My Condolences to Steve, Ronnie, and family . I didn’t know your Dad Steve but he raised a good man .
Bernd and Shirlene (Cannon) Kohnlein says
We just found out that Glen had passed away today as i was planning a trip through Montana and wanted to stop and say hello. He and Dolores were both such a great part of our trips to Aunt Zelda’s home and always will have a special place in my heart. They were both wonderful people. I wish we had known you all when we were growing up, I’m not sure why we didn’t, but I loved your parents as soon as I met them. I’m sorry for your loss.