Friday, February 1, 2013
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Glen Moon, longtime youth coach in Woodbury, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, surrounded by friends and family. Friends are going to recognize Moon during halftime of Friday night’s basketball game between East Ridge and Woodbury. The event calls for athletes he coached over the years to come down to the court at Woodbury High School and honor him. The game starts at 7:15 p.m. Friend John Griffin said Moon had an endearing personality and loved sports, his kids and his family. Moon and his pals could often been seen in the back row of stadiums or bleachers at various sporting events in Woodbury, said Griffin, who coached one of Moon’s sons. “Just a great guy,” Griffin said. “A great outlook on life. Always a smile.” Moon last spring told …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Friends are planning a ceremony at halftime of Friday night’s basketball game between Woodbury and East Ridge.
Woodbury resident Glen Moon has touched the lives of countless local athletes over the years as a youth sports coach. In December 2011 he was diagnosed with cancer. Earlier this week, Moon decided not to go forward with additional chemotherapy treatments, according to his CaringBridge site. Friends are planning a tribute for Moon during halftime of the Friday, Feb. 1, basketball game between Woodbury and East Ridge. The game begins at 7:15 p.m. “Glen has devoted nearly two decades of his life to develop integrity, strong character and improve the skills in every kid he coached,” friend John Wallgren said in an email about the tribute. Players Moon has coached over the years are invited down to the floor of the Woodbury High School gym to …
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
A benefit for youth-sports backer Glen Moon is set for May 19.
Woodbury resident Glen Moon has cancer. Talking to him, you’d never know it. It’s Moon’s sense of humor and positive attitude that has helped him cope since he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in September 2011. He’s undergone chemotherapy, radiation treatment and failed surgeries. “I’m at peace with it,” Moon said. “You can cry or you can laugh. I choose to laugh.” When one of Moon’s surgeries didn’t go as expected, he asked the doctor for a refund. “He laughed at that one,” he said. Moon, 50, is known in Woodbury as an ardent supporter of youth sports, and coached his three children as they made their way through local programs. “To this day, he goes to his players’ younger siblings’ games,” said friend John Wallgren. “He’s certainly…
Kris Janisch
8:05 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
I only met him once Matthew, but I thought the same thing. more ›