Arlene Joan McGowan (Glenn) peacefully passed away on Dec. 5, 2023. She is survived by her sons, Patrick, Tim (Barbara), and John (Andrea); and her four grandchildren, Elizabeth, Matthew, Andrew, and Kate.
Arlene was born in Gary, Indiana, moved to California in 1941 with her parents, Stanley and Lottie Glenn, and retired to her dream home in Silverton, Oregon. Arlene received a BA in Education from San Francisco College for Women. She married John McGowan of Chula Vista, California in 1959.
Arlene enjoyed traveling with friends and family, teaching elementary school, raising a family of four boys, hosting multiple “cousins” parties, and planning family vacations from California to Nebraska, Mexico to Annapolis, and the many houseboating trips on Lake Mohave. Arlene’s sense of humor and incredible graciousness and patience will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by John, Christopher, Lottie, Stanley Sr., Shirley and Stanley Jr.
A funeral service was be held on Dec. 19, 2023 at St. Paul Catholic Church in Silverton. Arrangements by Unger Funeral Chapel – Silverton.
