Glenna Holbrook

Glenna Tate Holbrook, 90, passed away peacefully October 22, 2015, in Taylorsville, Utah. She was the second child of eight children born to Charles Delmer and Oreta Loraine Johnson Tate in Logan, Utah. As a youth, she worked with her father, brother, Chuck, and sisters, Donna, Joyce, Alice, Pauline, and Carolyn in the family "Tate O' Flakes" business. Her youngest brother, Lynn, died shortly after birth and we know she is enjoying her reunion with him.

Glenna attended school in Logan, graduating from High School in 1943. She went on to attend Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) and then LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. Glenna was very artistically talented, and because she wanted to be a Fashion Designer, she applied for and was accepted to attend the Chinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, California. Her plans changed, and instead she served an LDS mission in the Southern States Mission.

It was during her mission at a mission-wide conference that she became acquainted with another missionary named Fred Holbrook. After returning home from her mission she met Fred again while participating in an Institute Choir at the U of U. They were married April 20, 1950, in the Logan LDS Temple.

Fred and Glenna were the parents of seven children, Jeff, Scott, Jana, Ryan, Loraine, Clayton, and Blair. She was the proud grandmother of 29 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren.

Glenna was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many callings, but her favorite was as a Cub Scout Den Mother. She was dedicated to the scouts, and even had a room in her home set up just for her Cub Scout Activities. In June of 1976 she was awarded the BSA Silver Beaver Award for her many years of service in the scouting program.

Glenna and Fred served missions together in the Singapore-Malaysia Mission, and the Family History Center of the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah.

Glenna was very talented. She and a friend, Marjorie Kjar, composed and published a book of songs, Songs to Sing for Latter-day Saint Children. Two of the songs from this book, Stand Up, and Birds in the Tree were published in the LDS Children's Songbook and are still sung today by Primary Children around the world. She had a beautiful singing voice as well.

Glenna also had a talent for writing poems, road show scripts and making fliers and posters for any event. She used her artistic talent to compose Christmas cards she and Fred sent out each year. She was a kind and loving woman who loved her family dearly. We will miss you Mom!

Funeral services will be held at the Midvale East 4th Ward, 87 E. 7100 S., Midvale, Utah, on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Visitation with family will be 1 hour prior to the services. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery, 1000 N. 1200 E., Logan, Utah.

We would like to thank those at Legacy House of South Jordan and Legacy Village of Taylorsville who were so dedicated to the care of our parents.

In lieu of flowers, please donate in Glenna's name to the Salt Lake County Walk to End Alzheimer's, 855 East 4800 South, Suite 100, SLC, UT 84107 or (801) 265-1944.