Glenn passed away on December 12, 2024. He died from a heart attack while asleep at home in Seattle. He was 79 years old.
Glenn’s health took a turn for the worse last winter. He battled both colon and bone cancer. A regular participant in our raptor adventures for years, Glenn was only able to join us once in 2024.
I first met Glenn in 2010 on a raptor field trip that I led for the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival. From this beginning, Glenn became a friend and a wonderful volunteer for Coastal Raptors. All who knew him appreciated his knowledge and enthusiasm. During the early years of his time with Coastal Raptors, Glenn came to Ocean Shores for raptor surveys. In more recent years, Glenn mostly participated in raptor surveys at Long Beach where he and others overnighted at the George Johnson House hosted by Charlotte Killien. Glenn and Charlotte became great friends so he would often stay an extra night and treat her to a favorite restaurant for dinner.
Glenn had a favorite seat at the table at the George Johnson House.
Long Beach. November 18, 2023.
Glenn volunteered to drive his jeep on surveys. His vehicle provided space for additional passengers. He would regale all with his vast knowledge of the coast…and more!
Ocean Shores. October 29, 2021.
Coastal Raptors helps monitor the occurrence of marine mammal carcasses that wash ashore on the beaches. Here we are collecting a dolphin carcass for transport while Glenn checks the field to guide identify the dolphin species. Turns out that this was a Striped Dolphin, a species we’d never before encountered on the beach. We took the carcass off the beach and gave it to an official with the Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
May 19, 2025. Long Beach.
On this day we said a final goodbye to Glenn. Kathy MacLeod, Jim Steves, Claire Sides and I completed a survey for raptors at Long Beach bringing the urn containing a portion of Glenn’s ashes. The very far end of the peninsula is a place Glenn loved to visit. This spot rarely has visitors. It’s wild and undisturbed.
At Glenn’s request, the other portion of his ashes were scattered into Lake Washington two days earlier. Glenn’s sister Lois Addison, his niece Cara Hoy, his neighbors Joe and Ann Duffey and close friends Kathy MacLeod, Tom Latta, and myself were at Lake Washington.
George Johnson House. Kathy, Jim and I returned to the George Johnson House for brunch before heading home. Charlotte had picked the first rose of spring from her garden to place at Glenn’s chair at the table.
