Glenn Bashore, age 79, of rural Lemmon, SD, passed away at his home on Monday, February 25, 2019.

Memorial services for Glenn will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the New Hope Worship Center in Lemmon, SD with Rev. Ed Cloninger officiating. Burial will be in Spring Butte Union Cemetery north of Lemmon, SD.

He was born on the family farm in Bethel Pennsylvania May 12,1939 to Ralph and Lizzie (Bross) Bashore. Glenn was the youngest of 8 siblings. He enjoyed spending time with his father working with the animals and helping with the market route. It was there that he developed his joy for learning peoples stories. In his early teens he won a summer agriculture scholarship with Philadelphia University for his work with artificially inseminating honey bees. It was his first great adventure, and ignited his passion for leaning.

After graduating from high school he married Madelyn Bashore and their marriage produced three daughters. He became a master machinists and at 20  years old developed and built a special cutting table that was used in all Bethlehem Steel factories.

His favorite hobby was hunting and hiking, in the early 60's he made several hunting trips to Montana with his brothers. He fell in love with the state. In the summer of 1972 he moved the family to Hamilton Montana. He wanted the family to love this big state as much as he did. In the summer months there were many Sunday drives to new destinations in Montana that always ended with a trip to Dairy Queen.

He was self taught in many areas, he was an avid reader. When we wasn't out hiking or hunting, he would write articles for hunting magazines about his explorations. He was artistic and would draw native wildlife, sometimes transferring the drawing to wood and then carve the animal.

People fascinated him, he loved exchanging ideas and learning of other countries and different walks of life.

In 1981 Glenn and Madelyn bought the Pack River Store outside Sandpoint Idaho. They ran the store for close to 20 years. Eventually he built a shop and became the local mechanic, working on vehicles, heavy equipment and even built a fire engine for Northside Fire Department. He was also a volunteer fireman. Eventually he became the mechanic for China tractor dealership in town and his recommendations to the company on how to improve the tractor earned him a VIP month long tour of China.

Glenn and Madelyn both wanted to travel more and explore the world, so they sold the store and moved to Lemmon SD. Where they found community. He continued to work as a mechanic on the local ranchers equipment until he was about 74.

He moved back to Sandpoint into his daughters home for over two years for health reasons. He made new friends but missed his independence and moved back to Lemmon in the fall of last year.

A man needs his independence, to be amongst his peers. To be known for who they are, how a man sees himself. Lemmon is an amazing community, they watch out for their neighbors. They are gentle with the elderly. Going there is like stepping back into a gentler, calmer time. When neighbors are neighborly, there's a kindness, sweetness of soul and spirit and care for their fellow man. Of course he longed for that, and the community embraced him, looked out for him and helped him when needed. He went home to where he belonged and was his true self.

To be known for who they are, continually curious, learning of far off lands and different people. To sit with friends in his own age group with similar interests. He valued his friends and he had many. He continued to write and call them. And he was grateful for each of them. He had close friends in Montana, New Zealand, Canada, and an entire Mennonite community in Belize embraced him as family.

The farming community always held his heart and was part of him. He was born into it and he returned to it in his later life. There he felt home.

Glenn is survived by his older brother Lee Bashore, and three daughters Dawn Michelle Ponist, Danielle Rownae Daly, Lynn Marie Stevens. He is also survived by eight grandchildren (Tristain Eveland, Korin Pixler, Morgan Pixler, Amanda Jacobson, Jarod Daly, Keegan Daly, Rachelle Ponist Harshman, and Blake Ponist), and eleven great grandchildren (Bailey Eveland, Silas Eveland, Austin Eveland, Lucian Eveland, Rowan Eveland, Asher Jacobson, Piper Jacobson, Daisy Jacobson, Winston Harshman, Kolos Wolther, and Freya Wolther).