Arlene Joan McGowan (Glenn) peacefully passed away on December 5, 2023. She is survived by her sons Patrick, Tim (Barbara), and John (Andrea), and her four grandchildren, Elizabeth, Matthew, Andrew, and Kate.

Arlene was born in Gary, IN, moved to California in 1941 with her parents Stanley and Lottie Glenn, and retired to her dream home in Silverton, Oregon. Arlene received a BA in Education from San Francisco College for Women. She married John McGowan of Chula Vista, CA in 1959.

Arlene lived a full life traveling with friends and family, teaching elementary school, raising a family of four boys, hosting multiple "cousins" parties, and planning family vacations from California to Nebraska, Mexico to Annapolis, and the many house-boating trips on Lake Mohave.

Arlene's sense of humor and incredible graciousness and patience will be greatly missed. No words can describe her love for family and instilling humor and justice into any situation. May she rest in peace with John, Christopher, Lottie, Stanley Sr., Shirley and Stanley Jr.

Funeral service will be held on December 19, 2023 at St Paul Catholic Church in Silverton, OR. Arrangements by Unger Funeral Chapel – Silverton, Oregon