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Note: Glenna Faye Defabaugh was born and raised in Harrington, Lincoln County, Washington, graduating from Harrington High School in 1944. She graduated in 1947 as a Registered Nurse from Sacred Heart School of Nursing located in Spokane, Washington.
In the following years, Glenna taught home nursing in the county, assisted as part-time nurse, worked for Dr. Jesse Q. Sewell in his office in Harrington, worked part-time at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport, Washington, gave allergy shots to numerous local residents, and was regularly called to render medical assistance in the community.
Glenna became a member of P.E.O. in 1960, and served as an active participant in all positions of leadership in the organization.
She was very involved in all the activities of her children and grandchildren, was an avid fan of all sports (especially basketball), actively participated in golf and bowling, was a member of the Harrington Women's Golf Association, and drove wheat truck during harvest on the family farm for many years until 1986.
"Grammy" was a "butterfly" and the grandbabies were all "stink bugs".
Memorable expressions: "Do you love me dearly, devotedly, always and forever?" "What's for dinner? Ant eggs and stink bug juice!"
Glenna was a member of the Cadet Nurses Corps during WWII while she was going to school at Sacred Heart School of Nursing.
Glenna played basketball at times on the women's town team in Harrington.
While in high school, she played the alto saxophone and also played the piano.
Glenna always had a very strong sense of family and of ties to the farm and land. She believed her daughters were equal to her son and attempted to treat them all the same. Glenna saved everything and because of that many wonderful family heirlooms, letters, pictures, stories, and more have survived.
Glenna Faye Defabaugh Timm died in the evening of July 9, 1988 at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport, Washington. She had been going down hill due to her bone cancer for several months, but in the couple of weeks before her death decided she was tired of fighting and stopped forcing herself to eat and drink. She sank into a coma on the day of her death and was transfered to the hospital only when she seemed to be suffering.
Glenna had a private burial service at the cemetery attended only by immediate family in the morning, and then a public memorial service at the church later. She had selected the songs for her service and the wording and design of her gravestone.
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