Glenn Compton Obituary

Glenn Compton passed from the life into the kingdom of Heaven on April 7th, 2017. He was born on September 20, 1923 on a farm in Sedgwick County to Alson and Zama Compton. He attended school in Anness and Milton, Kansas, graduating from high school in 1943. He was active in football basketball and track. After graduating from high school, he served in the US Navy during World War II as a Gunnersmate 1st Class from 1944 to 1946. He served in the Pacific Theater. After his honorable discharge from the navy, he worked with his father and brother, Roy, for a short time in the farming industry. He then went to work at Boeing in 1948 where he met his future wife Mary Ellen Rains, and they married in 1957. Glenn had three sons--Roger, Scott and Doug--and one daughter, Lisa. Glenn spent 51 years in the aircraft industry, 46 of those years at Boeing.

In 2000, Glenn and Mary Ellen moved to Lawrence, Kansas and went to work for their son, Doug, at First Management and he also ran Wakarusa car wash. There they enjoyed KU Basketball and Football, and spending time with their children and grandchildren. After 10 years in Lawrence, they moved back to Wellington to spend time with their siblings. Glenn had a 90th birthday celebration on September 20, 2013. He also had an opportunity to take the Honor Flight as a WWII vet to Washington D.C. with his son, brother-in-law and new phew. Glenn is preceded in death by his parents brothers Roy, Harold and Bob; sister-in-laws, Helen, Maxine and Joan; brother-in-laws, Lawrence and Dale; nephews, Darin, Lynn, and Mark; and his mother and father-in-law.

Glenn is survived by his wife Mary Ellen; Sons; Roger and wife Teresa of Amarillo, TX, Dr. Scott and wife Debra of Nevada, MO, Doug and wife Lesley of Lawrence, KS/Chicago, IL; daughter, Lisa Long and husband Chris of Owasso, Ok.; grandchildren--Jeannine, Cale and wife Melissa, Lauren, Ben, Miranda, Paige and husband Arik, Douglas, Chase, Lili, Harlie, CJ and Brooke; Great-grandchildren; Noah, Sophia, and Amara. Additionally a grandchild and great grandchild are on the way. Also surviving are brothers, Homer, Earl and Pete and sisters; Mary Jane and Esther.

Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at the First Presbyterian Church in Wellington. Visitation is Tuesday, from 9:00 A.M., until 8:00 P.M., with the family receiving friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. at the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Wellington. Burial will be in Sumner Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Wellington. Memorials have been established with the First Presbyterian Church, the Wellington American Legion and the Wellington V.F.W. For further information please visit www.shelleyfamilyfh.com.