Saturday at Crawford Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen. Burial will be at the Killeen
City Cemetery.
Mrs. Bay was born on December 7, 1922 in Newburg, Oregon to Charles and
Mary Baker. Glennys was one of nine children. She grew up in Salem, Oregon. In
1944, she met the love of her life, Cleo Bay, Sr., at a USO dance. After a brief
courtship, Cleo proposed to Glennys at Silver Falls, Oregon. They were married at
her sister's house on June 4, 1944. Glennys stayed in Oregon while Cleo went to
Europe in July 1944 through October 1946.
At the end of Cleo's military service, the couple moved to Killeen in 1946 to
begin their 72 years of marriage. They had three children, David, Teresa and Cleo, Jr.
In that time Glennys and Cleo spent wonderful times with family and friends.
Glennys loved to entertain the extended family and there was always a place at
the table for more. She traveled to many places with her husband including
various US states, Europe and Asia. Glennys was an avid reader on many subjects,
loved music, gardening and discussing politics.
Glennys was a member of First Baptist Church of Killeen. She was a member of
the Wednesday Review Club. Through her family's ancestry, she was a member of
the Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons and Daughters of the Oregon
Pioneers.
Glennys was preceded in her death by her husband, Cleo, Sr.; her parents; her
brothers, Carroll, Ronald, Norman and Charles Baker; her sisters, Dorothy Graber and
Donna Lindburg; her daughter, Teresa Bay Young.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, David and Lynn Bay and Cleo, Jr.
and Shirley Bay. Grandchildren, Alex and Amy Bay; Jarrod Young and wife, Jo,
Alayna White and husband, Carl; Christopher Danzell, Owin Danzell and Cherry Ann
Edwards and husband, Gerard. Great-grand children, Riley and Amber Young, Jess
Gallegos; Jaydyn Lightfoot, Zoey, Jarrod and wife, Beckah, Taylor, and Gavin White;
Gabriel, Domique, and Josyah Danzell, Cameron and Alexander Edwards. And, two
geat-great grandsons, Declan and Finnegan White. Sisters, Marjorie Cronn and
Nancy Baker-Toole. Sisters-in-law, Irene Baker, Caroline Bay, Margaret Bay, Laura Sinclair and
brother-in-law, Bill Sinclair and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home.
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