Glenn Dale Pierce, 89, formerly of Guymon passed away Thursday, August 20, 2026 at the Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, Kansas where he had resided for the past five years. Glenn had resided in the Morton Co. Senior Living Community in Elkhart, Kansas for almost eight and a half years before they closed, and he lived in the Dunaway Manor in Guymon for five months before moving to Elkhart.

He was born January 6, 1937 in Guymon, Oklahoma. Glenn was the fourth son and youngest child of Abram “Kirby” (A.K.) and Eliza “Elnora” (Ellison) Pierce. Glenn was named for the church his family attended regularly, the Glenrose Community Church and the pastor whom the family deeply loved, Dale Bollinger.

Glenn grew up in the Unity Community twenty-four miles northwest of Guymon, Oklahoma. The family homeplace has had four generations call it home.

Glenn gave his public declaration of his belief in Jesus Christ as his Savior to his family in the Morton County Senior Living Community with a sprinkling baptism service on April 2, 2016 conducted by Rev. Tim Brittain.

Glenn attended the Unity Community School through 8th grade. He then completed his freshman and sophomore years at Guymon before he dropped out of his formal schooling. Glenn was drafted for military service and he desired to be an airplane mechanic. He went into Air Force training at Lackland Air Force Base at San Antonio, Texas. It was a big disappointment to him when he was honorably discharged from training for medical reasons.

Glenn began a partnership with his brother, Abe in the farming operation in 1961 when their father retired. The business was known as the “Pierce Brothers Farm”. The Pierce family had always subscribed to many magazines and newspapers, keeping up with the latest ranching, farming and machinery trends. Glenn had his own metal lathe that he used to create many of the machinery repairs that he needed on a daily basis. During his dry land farming career Glenn has raised wheat, sorghum and Hi-Gary cane. At the end of his farming career in September 2010 Glenn owned 840 acres and leased 160 acres of land. It is now all planted to pasture grass, native grass, soil bank grass or Conservation Reserve Program grass.

The Pierce family had always owned a cow/calf herd and prided themselves with their registered Hereford breed. Glenn’s corral and cattle facilities had a working circle with a calf cradle to aid in the branding and castration. The Pierce’s cattle wore a backward swastika on the left hip from the early days of the Pierce forefathers, long before Hitler became a menace and adopted the good luck symbol for the Nazi Party. Glenn raised cane to swath, bale, stack and feed in the winter months to his cattle when the grass was dry. There was always a large supply of salt and mineral supplement for the cattle stored in the barn.

The Pierce brothers raised a vegetable garden as their parents had, and they planted an orchard. The family usually picked wild Sand-Hill plums and made jelly. They raised their own beef, ducks, geese, rabbits and chickens of all breeds.

Glenn was a conservator of wildlife. He prided himself in his large coveys of blue and bob-white quail. Glenn kept a small board floating in the stock tanks so that if a quail flew into the tank it could have a way to get out. Glenn gave quail to other farmers in order to get more coveys started in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Glenn loved dogs and was never without one. His favorite breed was the English Boxer and he owned numerous boxers over the years, all named Bruiser. He also owned an English Bulldog. When Glenn was three years old, his large black Labrador dog caused him to be in the newspaper headlines. The Daily Oklahoman carried the story and The Panhandle Herald printed their version also. The stories vary but the tale is that about noon on Oct. 17, 1940, Glenn followed his dog off hunting ducks or rabbits. When his mother couldn’t locate him, she called in the neighbors to help. Men and boys from all around gathered a search party and took different areas to look. Glenn’s uncle, Luther Messinger located him 12 miles northwest of home sleeping in a deserted shack after midnight. Glenn hadn’t been scared even though he had seen a snake, cows and bulls, and chased a coyote. The Panhandle Herald edition of October 18, 1940 reported: “He got lost when he followed the dog away from the house as it was chasing jackrabbits. The dog stayed with the boy all the time he was lost, and was guarding him when searches came upon the shack in which they were sleeping. The child appeared to be none the worse for his experience when he was returned to his home safe and sound by grateful parents.”

Glenn again made the front page of The Guymon Daily Herald on August 18, 1994 when he found a piece of what certainly appears to be part of a space shuttle, while combining his wheat. He donated it to the No Man’s Land Museum in Goodwell for display.

On a shopping trip in Amarillo in the 1990’s, Glenn was walking downtown with his brother Abe after parking the pickup and was bitten by a bat. He had to give himself a series of rabies anti-venom shots in the stomach, but luckily didn’t contract it.

Glenn incessantly listened to KGYN Radio 1210 on the am dial broadcast from Guymon. That is why he was quick to answer with the missing words to the songs during the game of “Finish That Phrase” played at the Morton County Sr. Living Community.

Glenn was a “Chevy Man” and owned several models of pickups and trucks. His last pickup was special ordered for the needs of the farm. It was a silver colored 2000 Silverado ½ ton that he drove 3 ¾ miles one way each day, while wearing his western hat, to the mailbox on Hwy 64 to receive the mail personally at the appointed time.

Glenn never married. He led a quiet life as a peaceful, solitary man. When asked why he never married, he answered “Wives cost too much.”

Glenn was honored by the Morton County Sr. Living Community as their “Resident of the Month of July 2019”, two months before they closed their doors. This allowed us as his family to share his story and accomplishments so he could realize that he has made a difference to us, the people in his life. By being himself, he set a Christian example for his acquaintances. Every one of us hold Glenn in high regards with love and respect.

Glenn was preceded in death by his parents, Kirby and Elnora Pierce; his three older siblings: Joseph David Pierce, Sr. (Sept. 4, 1927 – Aug. 13, 2009), Abram Kirby “Abe” Pierce, Jr. (Oct. 6, 1931 – Dec. 24, 2001), and James Verlin Pierce (June 12, 1934 – May 28, 1937); nephew-in-law, Alan Clemans; step-great-great niece Megan Rodgers and step-great nephew David Douglas.

Glenn is survived by his brother Joe’s five children and their spouses: Connie (Pierce) Clemans of rural Guymon; Joseph D. “Jody” Pierce, Jr. and wife, Charla of Guymon; James K. “Jim” Pierce and wife, Karen of Benton, AR; Jerald S. “Jerry” Pierce and wife, Rita of Edmond, OK, and Jesse D. Pierce and wife, Cindy of Moorhead, MN. Also surviving Glenn are his niece and nephews’ twelve children and three step-children, twenty grandchildren and six step-grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and another due in January 2027; as well as eleven step-great grandchildren. Glenn is also survived by five first-cousins: Ruby Bultman of Elkhart, KS, Judith Schaeffer of Texhoma, OK, Helen Louise Harrison formerly of Liberal, KS, Wayne Booth of Guymon and Russell Pierce of Konawa, OK.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday morning, August 26th at 10:00 a.m. at the Bunch – Roberts Chapel with Rev. Tim Brittain officiating. Burial will follow at the Pierce Family plot at the Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon. Memorials can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association and will be accepted at the Bunch - Roberts Funeral Home, PO Box 1112, Guymon, OK 73942. Friends can sign the online guestbook and leave condolences at www.bunchroberts.com.