Glen Delance Zachry

The family moved to the Everett area when Glen was very young, and in the early 1940’s they moved to Lake Stevens where he attended Lake Stevens’ schools and was quite active in sports.

Glen married Eilene Kincaid 1948 and together they had 4 children, Glenny Joe, Mayedene Evelyn, Ronnie James and Wayne Dale.

Glen was married quite young, but always provided well for his family. He worked in Eastern Washington harvesting wheat the summer that he married. He then went to work at Nord Door and Sash for four years before going to work at Great Northern Railroad – now the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad in the car department.

Glen developed a mechanical mind at an incredibly early age, and he was very brilliant. He did several unusual projects for different companies such as a log loading machine that would bundle many logs in the water so they could be lifted onto a ship instead of the logs being loaded 2 or 3 at a time. He had studied mechanical drawing at a very young age, so when he worked at the railroad there would be occasions where the car department could not buy a part so Glen with his amazing welding skill; he became a journeyman welder, and his engineering skills, would make the part needed to get the freight or passenger car back into service. He would travel east to Wenatchee or north to the Canadian border repairing cars that had to be set out because of a broken part.

After 18 years at the railroad, Glen left and with two of his cousins started Cuz Concrete Products in Arlington. One cousin stayed about 6 months and the second one left after 6 years. Glen and his wife Eilene became sole owners. From that time on Glen designed and built all of the forms used to make septic tanks, well tile, catch basins, manholes and many specialized vaults. Even such specialized products as caviar blocks that were shipped to Alaska. With his artistic aptitude, Glen designed several of the signs around Arlington, such as the “Gleneagle Golf Course” sign on Highway 9 and the “City of Arlington” signs on the roads entering Arlington.

Glen had a few hobbies too. In 1957, Glen built an outboard racing boat and he would race up the sloughs in Marysville, around Whidbey Island and Soap Lake in Eastern Washington, as well as other places. In 1964 a friend, Clifford Humphres came to him and asked if he would be the mechanic for his race car. That got Glen really interested in dirt track racing. After one year of racing, Glen decided he would build his own car and race it himself. He earned several trophies for his racing but also three “nicest car of the track” awards, two for his cars and one for a car he built for another race car owner.

Though Glen was quite busy at Cuz he did take time to do some of the things that he enjoyed doing. He had given up racing in 1969 when he started Cuz but in about 1985 with the help of his friend Gary Smith, he started restoring 1950’s era cars and trucks. A “farm” truck with a wooden bed, two 5 window pickups, a DeSoto and a panel truck that was featured in KZOK’s 2007 Classic Car calendar. Glen also had a talent for wood carving. He created some beautiful pieces, many of them are North Coast Indian design. He carved 4 masks, 3 relief murals, several birds, a halibut bowl and spoons with inlaid mother of pearl and a totem pole. His special piece was a 28” eagle with a ribbon and arrows like the national seal made out of one single piece of cedar.

Glen enjoyed sports. He had season tickets to the Seahawks, Mariners, Huskies and the Silvertips. Glen and Eilene built a cabin in eastern Washington where they enjoyed waterskiing, snow skiing and snowmobiling. They bought a motorhome and traveled to all states west of the Mississippi. They went to spring training in Arizona, the Rose Bowl in California twice and many other interesting trips along the way.

Glen is reunited in heaven with three of his children, Ronnie, Joe and Mayedene, his grandchildren Cameron, Rachel and Glen Dale, great granddaughter KyLeah and his parents and brother. Glen is survived by his wife of 75 years Eilene, son Wayne, 9 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and friends.

A celebration of Glen's life will be held Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 1:00 pm at the Grove Church in Marysville. Those wishing to honor Glen’s memory can make a donation to The Legacy Campaign at The Grove Church 4705 Grove St. Marysville, WA. 98270.