Heinz Frank Wilhelm Glawe January 11, 1924-July 09, 2014 Heinz Frank Wilhelm Glawe(Frank) , 90, of Winchester, Virginia, died, July 9, 2014, at the Winchester Medical Center. Frank was born January 11, 1924 to Ernest Frederick and Lucia Augustina Wilhemina (Stelter) Glawe on his parents Dairy Farm outside Caroline, Shawano County,Continue Reading
Heinz Frank Wilhelm Glawe
January 11, 1924-July 09, 2014
Heinz Frank Wilhelm Glawe(Frank) , 90, of Winchester, Virginia, died, July 9, 2014, at the Winchester Medical Center.
Frank was born January 11, 1924 to Ernest Frederick and Lucia Augustina Wilhemina (Stelter) Glawe on his parents Dairy Farm outside Caroline, Shawano County, Wisconsin. He was a veteran having served in the Marine Corp in both WWII and Korea. He retired from the Census Bureau in 1979, then they moved to Winchester from Suitland, MD and in 1985 he retired from Western Union.
His wife Marie Dorothy Krausman Glawe, whom he married on June 28, 1946, preceded him in death on March 31, 2012. Mr. Glawe also was preceded in death by his daughters, Karen Marie Glawe and Jacqueline Lea Shepherd Glawe Fogle, and a great granddaughter Kialanna Rayne Heishman. Frank was predeceased by his parents, Ernest and Lucia, his sisters Dorothy and Evelyn;
Surviving Frank is his son, Rev. David D. Glawe(Sherry-Lynn) of Brooks, Alberta Canada, seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and one “adopted” grandchild; 2sisters-in-law, 3 brothers-in-law and many nieces and nephews.
Frank grew up on the small dairy farm on which he was born, helping to milk cows before breakfast and supper every day. He also helped his parents with the planting and harvesting of crops, vegetable garden, and various other farm life chores. The community was a German community and he spoke both High and low German at home and did not speak English until he started school. Frank went Confirmation Classes for 4 years, 2 in German and 2 in English. In WWII he was exempt from the draft because he was a farm worker. However, the family farm being too small to support both him and his parents, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. It was at this time where he tried to lessen his German ethnicity by having himself called “Frank” instead of “Heinz”. He also convinced himself for a while that he didn’t know any German, although every year when we went back to the farm he fell into speaking both the high and low German with friends and family. After basic training he was stationed in Washington, DC where he met his future bride, Marie. Most of their early dates consisted of him escorting Marie to and from the hospital to visit her sick/dying father. Frank married Marie on June 28, 1946. October 12, 1947 they were blessed with their first child, Karen. They bought a house in Forestville, Maryland and then a new car. Shortly after that Korea broke out and Frank was recalled to active duty and sent as a recruiting Sergeant in Huntington, West Virginia. They returned to the D.C. area 2½ years later only 2 weeks before another blessing, their son David was born.” They bought another house in Forestville, and they lived 11 years on Leona Street, then move to the Suitland area where they lived for 16 years. In 1968 Frank and Marie decided to become foster parents and they fostered several boys and in 1974 Jackie came into the family at the age of nine and was eventually adopted. In 1979 Frank retired from the U.S. Census Bureau and moved to Winchester VA where he resided until his death following hip replacement surgery on July 9, 2014 at the age of 90 years 6 months.
The church was always an important part of my Dad’s life. It was important enough to take 4 years of Confirmation as a teenager. When he was in Washington D.C. as a young Marine he sought put and chose a Lutheran Servicemen’s Group (a Lutheran USO type organization) where he met the girl of his dreams, Marie Dorothy Krausman, whom he eventually married. He served the congregations in which he was involved in various capacities from Elder to head Usher, Sunday School teacher/ superintendent, Bethany Bible teacher, Head of the Evangelism Committee and a Kennedy Evangelism Teacher. The church and their faith were such a part of my parents’ lives that they guided, encouraged and supported me in my choice to be a Pastor even when it hit its bumps and ditches along the way. When I was in the Boy Scouts he became part of the Lutheran Scouting Association and eventually was awarded the Lamb award, an outstanding Service award for Adult Scouters, the equivalent of the Scouts “Pro Deo et Patria” medal.
Dad could be seen as a harsh man with a short temper but he had a big heart. My older sister Karen and I learned quite early that when we wanted something, like the car for the night, we had to ask early, get the explosion and the denial of the request and then wait and within a day or two he would come to us and grant the request.
Dad loved his family, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and was thrilled even at 90 when he could take care of them. He was always proud of their accomplishments. Dad acknowledged that for the last 53 years he was living on borrowed time when he almost died from a bleeding ulcer he never knew he had, He was always thankful and he felt that living his faith and serving the church and caring for his family was his way of giving thanks to God and through that he was always ready to see his risen savior.
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