Glenna Lynn Hall went home to be with her Lord, Jesus, on, Monday, January 9, 2017, at Extended Care in Sidney, MT.
Glenna was born on October 19, 1927, in Morgantown, WV, to Billy and Edith (Warnick) Green. She joined siblings Ross, Inez, and Pauline, and grew up in a loving home that was filled with faith, music, and laughter. She attended grade school and high school in Morgantown.
After becoming a Christian as a young teenager she strove to serve Jesus Christ and enjoyed praying for others and sharing Jesus with them.
She was gifted musically and played a variety of instruments including the violin and piano. She loved to sing and she participated with the church group singing on the radio in her hometown.
After graduation Glenna, received a business teaching certificate in Morgantown. While attending God's Bible School in Cincinnati, OH, Glenna met her future husband. Wallace was able to catch her eye and eventually won her heart. The pair always placed God at the center of their relationship and they married in August 1947. Glenna and Wallace continued their education at Asbury College in Kentucky and later in Portales, NM.
In New Mexico the young couple lived some of the time at the Bar 43 ranch. While in living in the area, Glenna taught school in Nogal and in Portales, taught business in Dore, worked in the nursing home, and also attended college with Wallace.
After Wallace completed his degree, the couple settled in Floyd, NM where they pastored the Methodist Church. They had the pleasure of helping to build the church building that is still used to this day. Glenna was often the pianist for the services and truly enjoyed being a preacher’s wife. Her hospitality and charm made people feel welcome and provided many opportunities to share God’s love.
It was in New Mexico that Glenna received one the greatest joys of her young life, her son, William Parker.
Glenna moved with Wallace and his family to the ranch near Trotters, ND, in 1953. God provided friends and helpers in this new place and Glenna learned how to be a rancher’s wife.
Glenna and Wallace continued their education in Dickinson and Havre and obtained teaching certificates for Montana. They spent their school years teaching.
Glenna served continually in the church and ministry whenever and wherever she could. She was raised in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church and dearly loved Faith Alliance Church in Sidney.
After Wallace and Glenna purchased a home in Sidney in 1974, she split her time between the ranch near Trotters and the home in Sidney. With the ease of being so near ministry opportunities, Glenna dutifully filled her time with volunteering at the Liberty Christian School and various women’s groups.
Glenna was a full-time volunteer spokesperson for Montana and North Dakota’s Christian Women’s Club. Her unending trust in God even the midst of tragedy, especially the death of her teenage son, Billy Parker, gave her compassionate understanding, and real life experience to speak into women’s lives.
Mentoring young people in Christ was true enjoyment for Glenna. She had a strong influence on many young women, her "adopted daughters", and generations have been impacted by her example of friendship.
Glenna could often be found sitting and reading her Bible or Sunday school book, never tiring of learning about God. She was a faithful prayer warrior and prayed day and night for people and situations.
As Glenna’s mobility steadily declined, she and Wallace spent winters in New Mexico, close to her daughter. She actively attended the First Baptist Church and frequently played the piano prelude for Sunday services. Her time at First Baptist rekindled the love she had for corporate worship.
Glenna had a deep love of children and poured much of her energy into the little ones whoever they were. She would continually pray for her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and any other children that needed lifted up and love. She loved children so dearly that she was exceedingly grateful for her son and daughter. It was also with great joy that she adopted two more sons.
She is survived by her loving husband Wallace; brother-in-law Don (Joan) Hall; her daughter Katrinka (David) Cox; her sons Keltz (Cindy) and Karsten; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Glenna’s death has reunited her with her parents, Billy and Edith; brothers, Keltz and Ross; sisters, Inez and Pauline; son, William Parker and an unborn child. Also in heaven are brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, and numerous dear friends.