Glenn Dale Heiden was born on Wednesday, December 27, 1939 in Dundee, Michigan as the third child of Edwin "Pete" and Lela (Viets) Heiden. Growing up, he lived at the family home at 12880 South Custer Road.

A 1957 graduate of Dundee High School, Glenn worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.

On January 12, 1963, Glenn married Kay Pierce at the St. John Lutheran Church in Dundee, Michigan. Kay was born on July 6, 1946. They had two children.

Glenn and his second cousin, Bob Heiden, were Michigan State Doubles Bowling Champions in 1970. He also shot a hole-in-one in golf. Click on the newspaper link below.

Glenn passed away at the age of 74 on May 23, 2014 in Toledo, Ohio.

I was 9 years younger than Glenn but sometimes my 6 year older brother, Ron, would take me along with him. I remember that we would occasionally go over to Pete and Lela's house on South Custer and play basketball in the barn with Glenn, Gary Miller and others. Compared to those guys, I was just a little kid but I recall having lots of fun.