Glenn R. Courson, 89, of 31 N. Park Ave., Meadville, formerly of 1085 Plateau Drive, Meadville, passed away Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, at Wesbury United Methodist Community. Glenn was born at home in Knox, Clarion County, on March 30, 1926, a son of the late Orville Guy and Ruth Ida (Sloan) Courson.
On Sept. 18, 1948, Glenn married Bebe C. Dalessio; she preceded him in death on May 1, 2004. He was a member of St. Agatha Roman Catholic Church, Meadville.

In 1991 Glenn retired from Seco Warwick, formerly known as Sunbeam Corporation, where he worked since 1965 as a structural welder/fitter. He had previously been employed as a short haul truck driver for the former Smith Brother Company, by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and he had also worked as a heavy equipment operator. A veteran, Glenn enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Aug. 15, 1944, and served his country until his honorable discharge on Feb. 22, 1946. He attended schools in Clarion County. Over the years he had been a member of the former Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s Church, the Meadville Handgun Club, the National Rifle Association and a social member of the Italian Civic Club. Glenn enjoyed time spent with family, especially working on cars with his son, Bob, in his garage. He will be sadly missed.

Glenn is survived by a son, Robert A. Courson and his wife, Barbara, and a daughter, Patti Jo Duda and her husband Frank, all of Meadville; four grandchildren, Jennifer Thoreson and her husband, Chris, Tom Duda and his wife, Ashley, Rachelle Poland and her husband, Dan, and Tim Courson; four great-granddaughters, Isabella and Aubrey Thoreson, Lana and Evelyn Poland; a great-grandson expected in April; two sisters, Ruth Bailey of Cochranton and Helen Altman of Knox; a brother-in-law, George Bidwell of Saegertown; several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents and his wife, Bebe, of 55 years, Glenn was preceded in death by seven sisters, Nellie Neupert, Addeline Reznor, Ethel Lindal, Beatrice Mays, Edna Eddy, Violet Whitesell and Jean Kellogg; three brothers, James, Ernest and Orville Courson, his mother-in-law, Josephine Dalessio, who was “the best mother-in-law in the world”; a brother-in-law, Patrick Dalessio and his wife, JoAnn; four sisters-in-law, Ethel Lovecchio and her husband Sam, Philomena Consider and her husband, Paul, Rose Vardaro and her husband, Marty, and Jeanne Bidwell.

Glenn will be laid to rest with his wife, Bebe, in St. Brigid Cemetery, West Mead Township. Full military honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2006 will follow.