Gib Glastetter

GILBERT FRANKLIN GLASTETTER, AGE 94, PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2017 AT BRIGHTPOINTE NURSING HOME IN CONROE, TEXAS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 4:00 P.M., TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 2018 AT METCALF FUNERAL HOME, 1801 EAST WHITE OAK TERRACE, CONROE, TEXAS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, KENNETH RAY GLASTETTER WHO PASSED AWAY IN KANSAS ON JUNE 12, 2008.

GIB WAS BORN APRIL 21, 1923 IN ORAN, MISSOURI. HE WORKED FOR OVER 38 YEARS AND RETIRED AS A MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR FOR TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION CORP. (NOW SPECTRA ENERGY) AFTER SERVING AS A SEABEE IN THE MARINES UNTIL DECEMBER 1945. GIB AND HIS WIFE, IRENE RESIDED IN LAKE CHARLES, LA. FOR OVER 30 YEARS WHERE HE WAS OVERSEEING OFFSHORE RIGS BEFORE MOVING BACK TO CONROE, TEXAS. GIB AND IRENE WERE MEMBERS OF THE SWINGING REBALS SQUARE DANCING GROUP FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MOST RECENTLY, HE ATTENDED SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CONROE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS AS WELL AS LAKE CHARLES, LA.

GIB WAS KNOWN TO BE ABLE TO FIX JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, LOVED HAVING A GARDEN, FISHING AND JOKING AROUND. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, IRENE, DAUGHTERS SANDY STEVENS AND CONNIE PHILLIPS, SON GILBERT GLASTETTER, JR. GRANDAUGHTER MICHELE R. MCKENZIE AND GRANDSON JON M. COCKRILL AND FIVE GREAT GRANDSONS, SCOTT, MARK, RYAN, ANDREW, CHAD, STEP-GRANDSON SHANE AND ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER AVA GRACE.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GILBERT WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018 AT 4:00PM AT METCALF FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 1801 E. WHITE OAK TERRACE, CONROE, TEXAS

FOND MEMORIAS AND EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY BE SHARED WITH THE FAMILY BY SIGNING THE GUEST BOOK.