Glen Yeager Obituary

Glen William Yeager April 30, 1915 - September 8, 2007. Glen W. Yeager died peacefully on September 8th, 2007, at Laurel Manor Nursing Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 92 years old. Glen was born April 30, 1915, to Harry and Alveda Yeager, on the family farm south of Longmont, Colorado. During childhood Glen worked the farm with his three brothers, Bob, Carl, and Hal, and his sister Helen. After graduation from high school, he enrolled at what was then Colorado A & M, now Colorado State University, in Fort Collins. He graduated in 1939, with a degree in Economics and Agriculture and was a life member of the Aggies Alumni Association. Glen met his wife of 66 years, Dorothy Daggett, in Fort Collins. Glen, a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and Dorothy, a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, met at a fraternity mixer, where they likely enjoyed the first of many dances together. Dorothy preceded Glen in death a year and a half ago. Glen began his professional career working for International Harvester company in Cheyenne, Wyoming and then as a county extension agent in Montrose, Colorado. He and Dorothy then moved to Grand Junction, where Glen worked with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad during World War II. In 1947, he joined Holly Sugar Corporation, from which he retired in 1980, after more than 3 decades of service. Glen's first position at Holly was Chief Agriculturist in Hardin, Montana. He was promoted to manager of the sugar beet refinery in Worland, Wyoming, then to a similar position in Swink, Colorado. In 1959, Glen moved his family to the headquarters of Holly Sugar Corporation in Colorado Springs, where he was eventually promoted to Vice President of Agriculture. Among his responsibilities, he negotiated contracts with all sugar beet growers in the five states where Holly had operations. On retirement, Glen was Senior Vice President. For more than forty years, Glen was a member of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists and an instructor for The Beet Sugar Institute. In addition, he was a Life Member of the Elks Lodge in Montrose, Colorado. Dad enjoyed barbecuing, tending his roses, and fishing in the Rockies. We picture him in waders, braced against the current, the line cast confidently, an ebullient grin on his face, telling a tall tale to his friends, embellished with large doses of exaggeration. Glen is survived by his sister, Helen Hannah of Longmont, Colorado, his brother Hal, of Del Norte, Colorado, three sons, Bill, who is married to Kathy, of Pasadena, California; Jack of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and York Harbor, Maine; and Mark of Del Mar, California and Charlottesville, Virginia; and a daughter, Maris Ann, who lives in Colorado Springs in the family home. Glen had two grand children, Jared and Adrianna, both of Los Angeles, California. The family expresses heartfelt thanks to the management and staff of Laurel Manor Nursing Home, Home Instead, and Pikes Peak Hospice for the loving care they provided over the last three years. The private service for Glen was held graveside on Saturday September 15. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Pikes Peak Hospice.