Glenn Harold Holland, 64, of Van Vleck, Texas, passed peacefully on January 28, 2021 with good friends by his side.

Glenn was born to the late Evelyn Hansen, and Robert "Bob" Eugene Holland, on December 24, 1956, in Wharton, Texas. Glenn graduated from Wharton County Junior College and Dallas Baptist University with degrees in physical therapy and teaching. He also attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he desired to eventually become an ordained minister. He lived mostly in Van Vleck, Texas throughout his life.

After college Glenn spent a few years teaching in the Fort Worth area and ultimately moved back to Van Vleck in care of his parents. Whereas Glenn did not obtain the status of ordained minister, he did excel in private life as a faithful minister of the Gospel to almost everyone he encountered. His parents established for him a good foundation that taught him selfless giving; as was their custom to all that knew them personally. Glenn used his parent's life lessons along with the call of Christ to speak into the lives of so many people. Most would never know of Glenn's ministries because they were in service to Jesus, his Lord and Savior. In faithful adherence to Matthew 6:3, he never bragged about his deeds and only now in death do we start to hear of so many that he ministered to. He was a private person later in life; never-the-less, he ministered to a huge online community that we will never know the full extent of. He just wasn't worried about anyone other than God knowing of his deeds. Many unsuspecting online friends were the recipient of one of Glenn's "care" packages, it would be excessively generous and more than you needed, but always on time and just when you thought nobody cared.

Glenn in his younger years was an avid tennis player and would also use tennis as an avenue for ministry to others. On the court you were probably going to hear a Bible quote or a life lesson from the Word. He could be frustrating to play tennis with as he always had a desire to teach – it was just the way he was made, being a minister in all things. He also was an excellent musician with uncanny abilities to play music that you would swear were recordings by famous artists. The musicians that he would associate with were ministered to and they would hear the Gospel from Glenn. Glenn above all else desired that God be glorified in his life.

Glenn is survived by his daughter Melissa Horton of Cedar Lane TX, grandson Nicholas Willy. nephew Sherman and Elizabeth (Liz) Redd of El Campo TX; their three children: Samira, Aryannah, and Aaden. He also had a loving family of close friends: Matthew and Emily Svoboda; their three children; Shawyn & Dane Evans, Jasmyn Svoboda, and Jonathan Svoboda. Shawyn's three children Klara, Harper, and Rhett were especially cherished by Glenn as his own grandkids.

Glenn will be greatly missed and to God be the glory for making him.

The family will receive friends and relatives beginning at 9:00 am Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at Danevang Lutheran Church. Services will follow at 10:00 am with Donald Reed officiating. Interment will follow at Danevang Cemetery. Pallbearers are Sherman Redd with Aaden Redd, Morris Mirelez Jonathan Mirelez, Jody Simmons, Jonathan Svoboda and Dane Evans.