Obituary

Glen Preston Steen, 71, of Plainview, passed away at 5:05 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005, at Prairie House Living Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, at First Baptist Church Family Life Chapel with Dr. Travis Hart, pastor, and the Rev. Jack Albright, a retired minister, officiating. Interment will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens by Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Preston was born Nov. 23, 1934, in a half dugout around Quemado, N.M., where his parents, William Howard Steen and Henrietta Garrison Steen, along with his grandparents, John Monroe Garrison and Lillia Day Garrison, and uncle and aunt, Arthur Preston Garrison and Anna Stone Garrison, were homesteading. Preston and his family moved to Hayden, N.M., and later on to the area around Amistad, N.M., where they farmed and ranched. Preston attended Amistad schools through his junior year then graduated from Clayton High School in Clayton, N.M. In 1954, he and his family moved to Hale County and farmed and ranched in the Happy Union area. He continued to farm and semi-retired two years ago. He had a love for his family, the land and his cattle, and also of his fellow man. He celebrated his 71st birthday on Wednesday. He married Sylvia A. King Albright on Dec. 26, 1959, in Plainview. He is survived by his wife; sons, Stephen Glen Steen and wife Laura of Plainview and Michael Lynn Steen and wife Mary of Plano; grandchildren, Skyler Glen Steen, Spencer Glen Steen, Ryan Shuerger, Kyle Shuerger and Elizabeth Jones, all of Plainview; and twin grandsons John Morgan Steen and William Gregory Steen of Plano; a brother, Earl Weston Steen and wife Jeanette of Hale Center; a sister, Carolyn Kay Smith and husband J. Bassett Smith of Lubbock; nephews, Kevin Mark Steen and his children of Houston, Shane Steen of Plainview, J.J. Smith of New Orleans, La., and Gregg Albright of California; nieces, Kathy Merriweather and daughter of Kansas, and Leslie N. Smith of Plainview; numerous uncles, aunts, cousins and friends. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3411 73rd Street, Lubbock, TX 79423, or First Baptist Church, 205 W. Eighth Street, Plainview, TX 79072. A visitation for family and friends will be today from 6-8 p.m. at Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com