Glen Trulock was born to Clara and Grant Trulock on December 10, 1934. He grew up in Hendricks, Minnesota with his eight siblings. He attended Yankton High School and graduated from Concordia College in 1956. He was a Sargent in the Army and spent most of his service at Fort Hood. On December 9, 1961 Glen married Janice Elaine Yenni. During their 58 years of marriage, they had two daughters, Marceen and Cami. Glen retired from Rockwell International/Boeing after 35 years of service in Risk Management and he and Jan moved to their dream retirement town, Palm Desert, California, and lived on a golf course.
A kind, generous, meticulous and loving Christian man, Glen’s life centered around providing for his wife and daughters. He loved them dearly and would make any sacrifice for them, even the small, everyday kind of sacrifices. They spent many summers in Newport Beach, at a house on 31st Street. In the afternoon they would go to the beach and eat the lunches that he made and labeled specifically for each person. In the words of a hospice caregiver, “He was nothing short of amazing, a family man through and through.”
Every house that Glen lived in had a rose garden. He grew the most beautiful roses, including rare varieties and many others. He taught others how to prune and care for them and he loved sharing the roses with friends, families, his daughter’s schoolteachers and neighbors. His garden often had tomato vines as well. Glen was very careful to watch for the caterpillars that ate the tomatoes, when he found them, he would crush them with a clothespin.
Glen played the piano and served as a choir director at the local Presbyterian Church for many years. His family spent many Sunday mornings proudly watching him from the pews. He enjoyed going to concerts at the local theater and was a member of a Barbershop Quartet for many years. He loved that type of music, his favorite singers were Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mathis, Harry Belafonte, to name a few. Glen also loved to read James Patterson books. He was an avid fan of the LA Lakers was known to stay up into all hours of the night to catch the final score. He would switch back and forth between tennis matches and golf games on any given day.
In later years, Glen would send Hawaiian flowers every Valentine’s Day to his wife and both daughters. All three women would look forward to receiving them, but especially Jan, because the flowers reminded her of their many happy vacations in Hawaii. Glen loved to BBQ and made some mean margaritas. He also enjoyed his favorite scotch drink - a Rob Roy, and always asked for extra cherries.
Glen was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2000 and managed it extremely well. Such a strong man, relentless in fighting his disease. He participated in the speech therapy program at The Parkinson Voice Project in Richardson, Texas and was an active member of The Loud Crowd, a singing group of made up of people with Parkinson’s.
Glen is preceded in death by his parents, Clara & Grant Trulock; brothers, Pernie, Howard, Virgil and Carol; and sisters, Luella, Irvena, Doris and Mabel.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Janice Elaine Trulock; daughters, Marceen Woods (Rusty), and Cami Bengston (Kevin); Grandchildren, Ryan Woods (Hayley), Morgan Woods, Madi Woods, Landon Bengston, Trevor Bengston, and Duncan Bengston; and his beloved dog, Corbie.
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