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David Mella found- It appears he Glenn ( Oscar)Warder passed away on Oct. 22, 2002 while in the Army after a brief illness. He was just a few days short of retiring from the Army with 20 years of service. Warder, 1975, found his niche in middle- and long-distance running. He set a Torrington High School record in the mile (4:24.2) while standing out in cross country and track. Warder was one of the first co-directors of the Torrington Road Race. Then, after graduating from UConn, he began a career in the Army that included further running marks ,a course record for a half-marathon in Alaska, a distinguished finish in a mass 10-mile Army competition in Washington, D.C. Quietly salute the motto by which Warder lived: "What you do, do well."
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Dean Dziedzic
Glenn and I were both on the THS Cross-Country team - he finished in front and I was always near last. A few years after graduation, we met again while competing in a road race at Nonnewaug High School (I had become a fairly good runner at that point) and decided to train together. He was a brutal couch but we trained hard together. We also directed the Torrington Road Race together one year. It was at the New Hartford Hill challenge that he met Beth Farmer, his future wife. It was a whirlwind courtship and they were married within months. She convinced him to join the military, a job he loved. After he joined the service, he would show up in Torrington every once in a while calling to ask if I was interested in going for an "easy" run. Translated this meant a brutally long run with lots of hills - believe it or not, they were always fun. In October of 2002, I received a call from his sister-in-law saying the he had some sort of infection with his organs failing and that they didn't expect him to service. I thought it was After his death, I had the privilege of meeting his son David, who was also in the military, when David remembered his father in a speech at a Golden T award ceremony - what a great kid. Below is his obituary with more information on a Glenn and his distinguished career:
"Master Sergeant Glenn Russell Warder, 45, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at Norton Hospital after a brief illness. He was a native of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, but spent his formative years in Torrington, CT. He excelled in long distance running as a youth and remained an avid runner. He later became a US citizen and was a graduate of the University of Connecticut. Glenn joined the US Army in 1982 and served for 20 years throughout the US and the world. MSG Warder was a member of the NCOA Club at Ft. Knox and AUSA. MSG Warder was awarded the Army Commendation Award, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, the NATO Service Medal, the Army Expedition Medal and the Legion of Merit, the highest medal awarded during peacetime. He was a distinguished honor graduate of the Basic NCO Academy, Drill Sergeant Academy, Master Fitness School in Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN and First Sergeant Course and Air Assault School in Ft. Campbell, KY. MSG Warder had recently been accepted into the "Troops to Teachers" program. He was frocked as a First Sergeant of A/2-46th Infantry at Ft. Knox prior to his recent assignment at NATO headquarters Joint Services Command Southeast in Izmir, Turkey. Glenn was preceded in passing by his father, Donald W. Warder. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Elisabeth Anne (Farmer) Warder; son, David Warder; mother, Lilla Warder; and brothers, Graham and Gary Warder. "