Guy Frank Tabor

Guy Frank Tabor, Jr. was born on Feb 27, 1927 to Guy Frank and Lillian Deters Tabor, in Charleston, South Carolina. He had no siblings. Guy Sr. retired as a Quartermaster Sergeant, USMC, and Lillian was a Yeoman F in the Navy. Their family was transferred to León, Nicaragua in 1929, and served there until, as Guy recalls it, Mt Momotombo erupted in 1932, whereupon all military families were evacuated via the Panama Canal. Guy then lived and was schooled in Beaufort, South Carolina, while his father was stationed at Parris Island, SC. He was baptized at his church, St Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Church, and later joined Luther League. He was a member of the Boy Scouts and was also a Sea Scout. At 16, Guy graduated public school and entered the Citadel, with a good word from his father to the Commandant. He received a Varsity Letter as an expert marksman on the rifle team. Three years into college, Guy decided he wanted to serve in the war. His father agreed, only if he could decide his destination. He arranged for Guy to be a Cartographer in Tainjin, China. Guy spent one year there, and then returned to complete his college. It was about this time that Guy met his sweetheart Emily Glen on a blind date, and they courted throughout his senior year. He graduated in 1949 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army with a BS degree in Civil Engineering, and remained in the Army Reserves for 20 years. His father allowed him three months to find a job. He chose to work for the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado, and soon relocated to Denver. In his correspondence with Glen, he asked her to marry him, and gave her the choice of waiting a year until he had leave to come back to Charleston, or come right away to Denver on a train and marry there. She was on the next train, and they married Feb 11th, 1950. Their first child, Carl Frank, was born March 7th, 1951. Guy then took a job in Maine, where Glen gave birth to twins, Rebecca Glen and Carey Guy on July 7th, 1954. Not long after, the family moved to New Jersey, followed by their final move back to Littleton, Colorado in 1959.

Guy had many hobbies through the years. He enjoyed hunting, and even made his own ammunition. He picked up ceramics, and had his own kiln and molds. He began brewing root beer and beer in the basement as well as roasting his own coffee. He bought a banjo, and taught himself to play. As he grew in his faith, he joined the Gideons, and was known for passing out testaments everywhere. He later became a Chaplain at Swedish Hospital, and ministered to patients and families for years. He kept prayer lists and scripture cards in his pocket, and was a prayer warrior.

Guy and Glen were blessed to have been part owners of a time-share house in Kailua-Kona, HI from 1984 to 2010, and spent some of their best times there, often with friends and family they brought along with them. It was their home away from home, and they never tired of going there! Sadly, their last trip was in Oct of 2005, due to Glen’s deteriorating health.

Guy endured the loss of his youngest son, Carey, taken by acute leukemia June 25th, 2001, and then the loss of his sweetheart Glen Nov 5th, 2008. He eagerly waited his call to go to heaven for over four years. Guy passed from here to eternity at his home in Littleton, CO on June 5, 2013 at the age of 86, with family at his side. He is survived by his son Carl Frank Tabor, Carl’s wife Kathy Tabor and their children John and Adam; and his daughter Rebecca Glen Binuya, Becky’s husband Rufino Binuya and their children Emily and Joshua, as well as many cousins. He will be deeply missed by all.

Memorial funds may be sent to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at www.lls.org or Officers’ Christian Fellowship at www.ocfus.org.

“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” II Cor 5:8