Glenn Oscar Koym
1935 - 2001 (65 years)Person ID: I16237 | Last Modified: 7 Mar 2026
1904 - 2001 (97 years)-
Name Glenn Oscar Koym Gender Male Birth 10 Aug 1935 East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas, USA 
Died 4 May 2001 Buried East Bernard Methodist Cemetery, East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas, USA [1] -
Parents
Father Henry Herman Koym (ID:I16235)
b. 16 Sep 1900
d. 5 Jan 1986 (Age 85 years)Mother Lena Carolyn Sabrsula (ID:I16081)
b. 11 Feb 1904, Austin County, Texas, USA
d. 14 Jul 2001 , East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas, USA (Age 97 years) 
Siblings2 brothers and 1 sister -
Family
Wife Children 1. Living (ID:I16238) -
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Event Map
Birth - 10 Aug 1935 - East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas, USA 
Buried - - East Bernard Methodist Cemetery, East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5615404/glenn_oscar-koym.
The Victoria Advocate, May 6, 2001:
Memorial services for Glenn Oscar Koym, 65, of East Bernard were held Sunday, May 6, 2001 from the Leveridge Pavilion at the Methodist Cemetery in East Bernard.
Glenn was born to Henry Herman and Lena Sabrsula Koym in 1935 in East Bernard. He was raised in East Bernard and attended East Bernard Public Schools, WCJC where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and Texas A&M, class of 1958. After college he was the farm reporter for Channel 2. Around 1970, he operated Bearcreek Furniture in Houston. Upon retiring, he chose to return to East Bernard to be the primary caretaker of his mother. Glenn Koym died May 4, 2001 after a long courageous battle with cancer.
He is survived by his mother, Lena Koym; son, Timothy Koym and wife, Theresa; grandchildren, Lauren, Erin, and Nicholas Koym; sister, Joy Balderach; brothers, Donnie Koym and wife, Janice, and Hank Koym and wife, Melba; and a number of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He is preceded in death by his father Henry Koym.
Services under the direction of Knesek & Sons Funeral Home, 122 F.M. 1093 North, Wallis, Texas 77485 979-478-6311.
Inscription
SON OF HENRY AND LENA KOYM ~ GLEN HAD AN EVENTFUL, INTERESTING, COLORFUL LIFE ~ LIVED WITHIN THE GUIDENESS INSTRUCTED BY GOD ~ (MAIN MAN) I'M WATCHING YOU
