Memorial service honors fallen trustee Ralph Glenn
Ralph Ewing Glenn was remembered Monday at University Christian Church for his service as a trustee, minister and friend.
By Antoinette Vega
Staff Reporter

The full parking lots of University Christian Church and the chiming of six bells marked the beginning of the memorial service Monday for Ralph Ewing Glenn, a TCU and a Brite Divinity School board of trustee member.
The Rev. Glenn died Thursday in Parker County. He was 61.

Glenn also served as president for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest region and was beginning his sixth year as southwest regional minister, leading an estimated 450 churches in Texas, New Mexico and parts of Oklahoma and Kansas.

Kay Higgins, director of new student programs and chairwoman of the elders at the University Christian Church, said Glenn was a fabulous person who met everyone with a smile and a handshake.

“(The) Rev. Glenn lived his faith in everything he did,” Higgins said. “He had a wonderful sense of humor and a love for life.”

During his career he served as the associate minister of the Central Christian Church in Austin, vice president for development, executive assistant to the president of Phillips University in Oklahoma and interim associate minister of the Hillsdale Christian Church in Kansas City.

Duane Cummins, interim president of the Brite Divinity School and Glenn’s friend for 30 years, described him as having a great pastoral heart. Cummins said he first met Glenn when he was an administrator at Phillips University.
“He will be missed as a trustee, a minister and a friend,” said Cummins.

The Tarrant County medical examiner has not made a formal ruling on the cause of death.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Peggy; children, Heather Junker and Clayton Glenn; and grandchildren, Wesley Junker and Rowan Glenn.