Glen Eugene Cleverly was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 20th, 1940, to Clyde and Dicy (Smith) Cleverly. He unexpectedly passed away at home on May 9th, 2024. Glen’s life can be best described with one word: dedication. Growing up in the shadow of a minor league baseball stadium in Salt Lake, Glen quickly became a fanatic of any sport that included a ball. In his younger years, he was a dedicated fan of the Salt Lake Bees, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the University of Utah Utes. His friendships and most of the memories of his growing-up years were linked to a basketball gym or an athletic field. Later in life, he became a dedicated fan of the BYU Cougars, and in the springtime, very few things were more important to him than the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. He enjoyed talking about sports with anyone, but he especially enjoyed talking about teams, players, and scores with his grandchildren. Glen was a dedicated learner and, for most of his life, an avid reader. He graduated from East High School in 1958. He attended the University of Utah and graduated in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. Glen was a dedicated employee. This started with mowing lawns when he was 9 years old and continued through his time working in a wholesale florist shop in high school and during college. These experiences fostered a love for a well-cared-for lawn and beautiful flowers, which he was dedicated to having in his own yard for the remainder of his life. Glen was a dedicated employee of General Electric for over 33 years. He held several different operational roles in Salt Lake to start his career, but then received an offer to join the sales team in Boise, Idaho. For the next 30 years, Glen worked tirelessly to serve the many dealers and contractors across Idaho, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada who sold or installed General Electric and Hotpoint appliances. He retired as an area sales manager in September 2000. He considered the success of his dealers and contractors to be a measure of his own professional success. His sales roles took him away from home frequently; it was understood by his family that any emergency would likely occur while he was on a business trip and Mom (Elaine) would have to take care of it. He began a second career, of sorts, shortly after retiring from GE as the Regional Manager for the Rocky Mountain Region of Brand Source and worked with its members over the next 10 years. The years with Brand Source gave Glen and Elaine a chance to work together in the organization of and travel to member meetings. The meetings in Hawaii were some of their favorite trips. Glen was dedicated to his eternal companion, Elaine. In his own words, “[My] best choice [in life] was to marry Elaine. She has been a great partner. She is a wonderful mother and grandmother. She is a great provider of love to our family." They were sealed together in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 19th, 1962. Glen and Elaine are the parents of five children: Michelle, Todd, Kyle, Chad, and Kirsti. They are the proud grandparents of 16 grandchildren and have one great-grandchild, with a second due in August. Glen was a dedicated and faithful supporter of his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. To all of them, Dad and Grandpa were two of their most loyal cheerleaders. For those who live in Boise, they knew that Grandpa would often be in the crowd, supporting them and cheering them on. When life permitted it, he tried to make trips to support his grandkids, who lived away from Boise and could always be counted on to watch a concert or an athletic event over the internet. He always offered praise and recognized their efforts. Glen was a dedicated disciple of Jesus Christ and a dutiful servant in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in a variety of different capacities, including as a bishop twice and as a young men’s president for nearly nine years. He loved opportunities to work with the young people of the church. The service he enjoyed most, however, was the opportunity to minister to specific families as their ministering brother. He learned the importance of this type of service from his father and has passed that understanding on to his own sons. Much of this one-on-one ministering to families, Glen was able to do with Todd, his Down syndrome son. Their service invited miracles into the families for whom they cared. Glen is survived by his wife Elaine, his sister June Furner, his children Michelle Peters (Dennis), Kyle Cleverly (Wendi), Chad Cleverly (Brooke), and Kirsti Reed (John), and his 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents (Clyde and Dicy Cleverly), his two brothers (Kenneth and Dennis), and his son, Todd Cleverly, just a mere 3 months ago. Glen led a dedicated life of service: service to his business associates, service to his family, service to his church, and service to God and to his Savior, Jesus Christ. His service regularly lifted others and enabled their business success or personal triumphs. His presence will be greatly missed, but his legacy of service will continue on in the lives of his family and friends.
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