Glen was born on the Cull Dyer Ranch in the small community of Pueblo which occupied parts of Callahan and Eastland Counties. His father died when Glen was nine. His formal education began at Erath School in which one teacher taught seven grades in one room and then attended school in Moran. Glen gained a reputation as an outstanding football running back and was recruited by the Cisco football coach to transfer to his school. Glen was more of a "big brother" than an uncle to his nephews and used to dazzle them in touch football games with his speed and agility. He had a great sense of humor, was friendly by nature, was an expert dancer and was very popular. His nephews remember his generosity, loaning his car and providing money so they could take a date to a picture show in Cisco. Glen had to cut his schooling and a possible football career short in order to help his mother run the Steen stock farm until about 1932 when Glen went to work as a roughneck for the Humble Oil and Refining Company's west Texas oil fields. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Glen went to Hawaii and worked at Pearl Harbor as a steamfitter, repairing damaged ships. He moved to Fort Worth, Texas about 1944 or 45 and continued working as a steamfitter. Glen gave up his bachelor life when he met a private secretary from Dallas named Jeanette Chambers on a blind date. They married November 7, 1951 in Dallas. They made their homes in Terre Haute, Indian; El Paso, Texas; Waco, Texas and in 1953, Fort Worth, Texas. Glen continued working as a steamfitter, including one job in Denver, Colorado until he retired in March 1977.
Glen was born on the Cull Dyer Ranch in the small community of Pueblo which occupied parts of Callahan and Eastland Counties. His father died when Glen was nine. His formal education began at Erath School in which one teacher taught seven grades in one room and then attended school in Moran. Glen gained a reputation as an outstanding football running back and was recruited by the Cisco football coach to transfer to his school. Glen was more of a "big brother" than an uncle to his nephews and used to dazzle them in touch football games with his speed and agility. He had a great sense of humor, was friendly by nature, was an expert dancer and was very popular. His nephews remember his generosity, loaning his car and providing money so they could take a date to a picture show in Cisco. Glen had to cut his schooling and a possible football career short in order to help his mother run the Steen stock farm until about 1932 when Glen went to work as a roughneck for the Humble Oil and Refining Company's west Texas oil fields. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Glen went to Hawaii and worked at Pearl Harbor as a steamfitter, repairing damaged ships. He moved to Fort Worth, Texas about 1944 or 45 and continued working as a steamfitter. Glen gave up his bachelor life when he met a private secretary from Dallas named Jeanette Chambers on a blind date. They married November 7, 1951 in Dallas. They made their homes in Terre Haute, Indian; El Paso, Texas; Waco, Texas and in 1953, Fort Worth, Texas. Glen continued working as a steamfitter, including one job in Denver, Colorado until he retired in March 1977.
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