Glenn Hollis Lundell

Feb 26, 1926 -

Jan 17, 2021

Glenn Hollis Lundell, age 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, while residing at Silver Springs in Green Valley, Ariz. He was of excellent mind and health up until his passing. The younger of four siblings, he was born on Feb. 26, 1926, in Hilmar, Calif., to Henry Eric and Lydia Otilia Lundell (Swanson).

Growing up during the Great Depression in a small farming settlement, Glenn raised hogs, dried peaches and played his trumpet in a swing band as a way to bring in money. Glenn graduated from high school in 1943. When he turned 18, he was sworn into the Navy.

Glenn attended the University of Redlands Navy V-12 Officer Training. He played football and played his trumpet with the Drum and Bugle Corps. Glenn entered the University of Southern California NROTC program where he graduated in 1947 and was commissioned in the USNR. Glenn served in the Korean War as an Intelligence Officer performing reconnaissance and infiltrations onto the Korean Peninsula. LCDR Lundell remained in the Navy Reserve for 42 years of service until 1986. In 1963, Glenn earned his MBA in personnel and international relations from USC.

It was during 1949, when Glenn was stationed at the Naval Intelligence School in Washington, D.C., that he met and married Christine Kendall of Virginia on June 26, 1949. They were happily married for 55 years.

Glenn was highly respected in human resources and labor relations known for his successes mediating and solving problems. His career began in 1955 with Holmes & Narver Inc., an international engineering and construction company involved in nuclear testing sites, stationed in the South Pacific atolls, Los Angeles, Calif., and Honolulu, Hawaii, moving the family to Anchorage, Alaska, in 1968.

From 1973 to 1977, Glenn was Manager of Alaska Manpower Resources for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company for the trans-Alaska pipeline project. This was followed as Deputy Commissioner of Labor from 1979 to 1983, Employee Relations for the Northwest Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline Company, and Director of Employee Relations with the Municipality of Anchorage. Glenn developed Equal Employment Opportunity standards and training for Alaska Natives, and was involved in community, native organization, labor union and legislative relations. Glenn taught MBA courses at University of Alaska Anchorage. During retirement Glenn remained professionally active placing terminated employees into new careers and job opportunities.

Glenn and Chris loved Alaska residing in Anchorage and Juneau for 26 years until 1994, his work and play taking him throughout the state. Chris and Glenn relocated to Green Valley as their final home. Known as a kind man, he spent his retirement on many boards and as President of the Green Valley Recreation Association. Glenn had a deep interest in and was active in politics both in Alaska and Arizona. He was an avid tennis player, winning several senior-level tournaments. Glenn was raised in the Swedish Covenant Church and was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church.

Upon Chris's passing in 2004, Glenn was lucky in love again, marrying Arlis Winslow of Green Valley in 2005. They enjoyed travel and participation in local politics.

Glenn is survived by his daughter, Debby Lundell of Tucson, Ariz.; son, Robert and daughter-in-law, Amy (Baker) Lundell of Anchorage; grandson, Eric and wife Kate (Stowman) Lundell of Fairbanks, Alaska; granddaughter, Becky and son-in-law, Jeff MacEwen of Yakima, Wash.; granddaughter, Emily and son-in-law, Dustin Horlacher of Roy, Utah; grandsons, Matthew and David Lundell of Anchorage; grandson, Joshua Mayer Gottlieb; and great-grandchildren, Evelah and Hananiah Lundell, Rhyse and Zane MacEwen, Celeste, Adrienne, Levi, Isabelle and Brietta Horlacher and Naomi Ruth Gottlieb and Gabe Gottlieb.

Glenn is preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Lydia Lundell; brothers, Kenneth and Jerry Lundell; sister, Barbara Ann (Lundell) Strom; his first wife of 55 years, Christine (Kendall) Lundell; his second wife of 14 years, Arlis (Winslow) Lundell; and his daughter and son-in-law, Denise Ann and Henry Roessle.