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for Glenn GETMAN
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Kimberly Palmer Davide
June 23, 2025
So strange I got this email today because Glenn was in my dreams last night. Which I found odd since he doesn't show up in my dreams regularly. But upon awaking I said thanks Glenn it was nice to see him again. Sure miss him even though didn't see him much before he passed.
Laura
June 23, 2021
Like George I received an email reminder from Legacy. I don't need the reminder as today is my birthday as well. Grateful for our friendship, time, and adventures together....wonderful memories!
George Patides
June 23, 2021
The Legacy thing popped up in my emails. I think that is wonderful.
Gave me a chance to reflect and smile. Thinking of you brother Glenn. You are in our prayers and our hearts. Brotherly love. Cheers man.
George Patides
June 24, 2019
Hey bro! We had the best of times that resonate even today. One day, hopefully not soon, we will again. You can show us around His many mansions and cruise around the universe with our buddies and families. Love you man.
Traci Marco
June 23, 2019
5 years now and I miss you so much. There are so many days I wish I could talk to you. So many days I hear something or see something that reminds me of you. Your family is doing great. Your kids and grandkids are awesome. I enjoy seeing the pictures of them all growing. I know you are so proud of them. I just wish there was a way you could tell them. I love with all my heart.
April 18, 2017
Miss you so much babe
Michelle Corwin
April 18, 2017
I still can not believe you are gone I miss you every day my heart is sad because I know I can never hear your voice or see that big smile I find myself listen to crazy diamond when ever I am sad and I play that song and I can see you smiling at me and I feel a little better I love you cuz and I always will you are on my mind and in my heart always ❤
Traci Marco
July 19, 2015
I miss you so much. Remember when we rode the bike to your friends house on 4th of July. It's wad so cold coming back but we pulled over and watched the fireworks. I miss your smile and your voice.
Traci Marco
December 25, 2014
Miss you so much. Remember our first christmas? We went out and got christmas hats, put our bathing suits on and jumped in the jacuzzi took pictures and sent them to everyone inside christmas cards. I looked so hard for that picture, I cant find it. I close my eyes and hear you saying merry christmas with that goofy smile. Man I miss your smile and voice. I wish things were different. I need my best friend. Having a hard time this year with the holidays. I didn't even decorate this year. Well until next time. Talk to you in my dreams.
Rhonda Merrill
October 30, 2014
i miss you so much pop. i kept expecting a phone call on my birthday, and the see's candy (even tho you sent it when you KNEW* i was trying to lose weight!) followed by the call i would make to you the very next day. even tho it happened every year, we still laughed about it. there have been so many times ive wanted to talk to you and get advice, trying to think of what you would say, and remember what you told me almost a year ago, that ill keep to myself. you didn't sugar coat it, just said it outright knowing it was the right thing to say. whether i wanted to hear it or not. you'd be proud, im training to run my first 5k, then a mud run in april. i bet i can beat, or at least keep up with you going up flights of stairs. there's so much i want to say. talk to you about. but then again, ive always half dominated our conversations lol, and you always listened, no matter my ramblings. "....sorry, it's your turn" {both laugh} "its ok..." "well i need to {insert plausable reason to hang up}. i'll talk to you later" "ok" bye, i love you" "bye. i love you too"
Shawna
October 29, 2014
Happy birthday dad! I miss and love you so much!!!!!
Laura Getman
October 29, 2014
Very odd seeing the notification that it's your birthday today. I knew it was of course, but it put a huge lump in my throat and a lot of tears in my eyes, I can barely read this as I am typing it. We should be celebrating with you especially now that you're really my brother and there's no getting rid of me!
I think about you all the time and I miss you so much it hurts. You should be in Florida by now and getting to see your family and your family getting to see you.
I hope you really know, have some kind of comprehension, how much everyone loves you. You're an amazing guy and I will be forever grateful that you were a part of my life, even if it was only for 13 years. It should have been for another 30 at least.
Rest in peace my dear friend and brother in-law and your memory IS eternal.
Traci Marco
October 27, 2014
Been thinking about you a lot with your Birthday coming up tomorrow. I hope you know how much you were loved by everyone. Happy Birthday Crazy Diamond Miss you.
Traci Marco
October 3, 2014
Happy 14 years. Love you
Traci Marco
September 23, 2014
3 months ago today we lost you. I don't stop thinking about you. I miss our talks, laughs, plans. I love you
Drew and Jay missing their big bro
Laura Getman
September 19, 2014
Thinking about you as always but today more than usual. Miss you so much! Wish you were here, I am guessing you would have moved here by now or in the midst of it. Still sucks. We REALLY missed you at the wedding but we felt you there! Your presence certainly was there, Jay had your bike there, your picture (HUGE picture!), Jimmy and Marcela put LeeAnn on your bike and we have a picture of it! You would have had a blast seeing everyone, getting to meet LeeAnn, you would have loved the photobooth. I can just imagine some of your candid shots! I love you and just miss the hell out of you, your new sister in-law ;)
Traci Marco
August 2, 2014
Really needing my best friend now. I miss you so much. I need to hear your voice, see your smile. You always knew what to say and do.
Laura Getman
July 15, 2014
This is the Eulogy I wrote and read for Glenn Getman and then finished with the attachment, A Letter from Heaven: Glenn's death is still sinking in. It really hasn't sunk in, I thought it had. Wow what a positive impact he had on everyone! He is so missed and loved. In the Greek Orthodox tradition, we say "May his memory be eternal." For Glenn, that is not necessary because "His memory will indeed be eternal." And that is certainly evident and demonstrated with the FB posts and the posts on Legacy where his obit is. If you want to read them, please do so, and it will be up for a year, thanks to Traci Marco, a very dear friend of his, so any of us can go there and say happy birthday, merry Christmas, or just to check in on their friend, son, dad, brother, cousin or uncle. And if you would like you can print a book of all the posts and the pictures posted with each tribute to Glenn will print, too.
I can't tell you how very blessed I feel to have had him in my life but selfishly I sure wish it were for a lot longer. I thought we would grow old together, travel together, see who needed the walker first since we both have serious foot issues and laugh ourselves silly sitting on the beach watching the moonlight, which is one of my fondest memories of him.
I loved his voice, man I really loved his voice. I know a few people who have called his vm to listen to his voice, and I did the same thing. I loved his zest for life, I loved his smile, I loved the twinkle he always had in his eyes even first thing in the morning. I loved his laugh and I loved his sincerity, his integrity, his honesty and wow, most of all, I loved how he always always thought the best of people. He NEVER judged, EVER. I can honestly say I have never heard him say a bad thing about anyone. He really thought everyone was a good person even if they weren't so good to him - he gave 2nd, 3rd and so on chances. That's who Glenn was - he truly had a beautiful soul.
Another most of all and that's b/c there are a lot of most of all's, I loved how much he loved his family whom he thought of as friends and how much he loved his dear dear friends whom he thought of as family. Glenn's perfect world would be to live in some beautiful woodsy place, have his motorcycle, a sports car and all his friends and family in one place. He would move heaven and earth to be with someone who needed him and if he was on the other side of the earth on what he would consider the trip of a lifetime and heard that someone he cared for was very sick, dying or had died, he would seriously move heaven and earth to get to that person. He wouldn't care the cost, the consequences, he would be there plain and simple. And I know he thought of me as a friend and part of the family from the very first time I met him in Oct of 2001, a month after Jay and I met. We instantly clicked, but then again, who didn't he click with?
Most of all yup another one of those, I loved and cherished his hugs. He seriously gave the best hugs, would squeeze you until all your broken pieces would stick back together again. He's not here to do that now so we will have to rely on each other to stick all the pieces back together again especially after a loss so unimaginable.
We had plans that included him and they included him because we couldn't imagine him not being there. As you know we are getting married and Glenn was to be Jay's best man. There was no other candidate for that. He was Jay's brother, only 2 years apart so they were very close, he was Jay's best friend. He took Jay in at 16 years of age and always had his back and took care of him. They never fought, told each other everything. He will not be replaced as the best man. No one can replace him and no one would feel they could take his place. And that being said, he also made no bones about telling you like it is. And that is what a true friend does, even though most of us can't do that. Jay told me a great story which illustrates this. When he was in his early 20's, Jay was headed down a bad road and was completely out of line with something he said and/or did to Glenn and Glenn told him what a jerk he was being and, made no bones about it and I am putting that mildly. It affected Jay greatly and he realized he was right and it put Jay back onto the path of being the good man he is today. I will be forever grateful to Glenn for that, because that led him to me.
So that leads me back to the upcoming wedding, it was to be a family reunion for Jay's both sides of the family as well as both sides of my family. Glenn could not wait to see his beautiful daughters, Rhonda and Shawna, his handsome, growing too fast grandsons, Corbin, Jonathon and Christian, of course his cherished beautiful mom, Marina, his brothers Jay and Drew and nephew Jack and a bunch of the many many cousins. And of course all his friends I didn't know him as well as the family of course and his friends. He lived on the other side of the country yet every time i saw him I felt we were very close and that time and distance never diminished that and we never skipped a beat. If anyone asked me what I would dream of for my future, I more than once said several things but on the very top of that list, I said to many people that I want Glenn home, I literally would dream it and believed it would come to fruition. I wanted to be able to see him all the time. I know how much I loved him and how much Jay and his mom wanted him home and close to them.
So to digress for just a moment before I bring this full circle, I was trying to find out when he moved to California while I was writing his obituary and the best we could come up with was at least 20 years. (Edited from actuakl eulogy) Turns out, he moved to California in 1991. I bring this up because as I said above, I really wanted him to move back home. and in 1991, he was ready to move across the country and now he was ready to come home. He was going to be here very soon and spend 6-8 weeks before and after the wedding visiting friends and family and looking for a job so he could make the move back to Florida when he returned to California. We hoped he would but did not know that he had definitely decided to until Jay and Rhonda went to CA following his death and found out from his friends that he indeed was moving home. He wanted to be with his family, most especially his mom, and close to his closest friends, Pete, Max, Debbie, Jimmy and Marcela, Paul and Dina and many others of course but those friends he loved the most. He was ready to come home, I so wish that would have been what was to happen. So with that i will read you what his very close friend Pete Gerbert wrote to him
I unexpectedly lost my close friend of nearly 40 years, Glenn Getman. We were so close; we often said we'd take a bullet for one another. Nobody liked a campfire and good music more than Glenn and I. He had a flight booked to FL for next month; I'm sitting here looking at his itinerary. I've been stockpiling firewood. He was so excited about being the best man for his brother Jay's wedding in August.
A part of me has died with you, my brother. Life will never be the same.
Shine on you crazy Diamond…
I will leave you with the following messages and notes from friends and loved ones. Remember to slow down and enjoy the journey right now. Take time for the people in your life - they won't always be there. So since tomorrow is never promised to anyone, dance until your feet ache, laugh until your sides hurt, say I love you to those you love for tomorrow may never come.
Jerry McQueen, a friend of his from CA, posted on FB something that directly relates to that and we should all learn from so I will share that with you. Processing some sad news at the moment... if you plan on doing something, calling someone, catching up or telling someone how you feel or that they mean something to you... please join me in trying to be better at that so you don't feel like I do right now. Love you all, my friends and family, on Facebook and not... you are all dear and special to me, new or old in my life I appreciate you shaping me to the person I am. Rest in peace and godspeed Glenn Getman... lots of great memories my friend. Sad there aren't more. God Bless.
Traci Marco, who was a longtime girlfriend of Glenn's and someone all of us loved and someone Glenn may have gotten back with wrote the following:
GREG KONDER
July 15, 2014
I wrote this for Glenn the night I had heard of his passing. I just now decided to share it. Glenn was such a great friend to me from the get-go. I will always cherish his memory. So here goes, hope it does him justice, and that you and your Mom and family like it. Greg.
FOR MY BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT FRIEND, GLENN DIAMOND GETMAN;
"MY FRIEND GLENN WAS VERY HUMBLE
HE WAS OH SO WISE
HE NEVER SEARCHED FOR TROUBLE
ONLY COMPROMISE
HE NEVER HAD A BAD BONE
IN HIS HEART FOR ANYONE
HE WOULD EVEN OPEN UP HIS HOME
FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD NONE
HE WAS LIKE A MODERN DAY PIRATE
BUT TOOK NO PRISONERS
HE HAD A WAY OF WOOING
ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS
HIS MOTHER RAISED HIM TO BE A GENTLEMAN
AS MY OWN MOM DID FOR ME
MOMS LIKE OURS TEACH THEIR CHILDREN WELL
TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE
GLENN HAS TWO KID BROTHERS, TWO FINE DAUGHTERS, HIS MOM
AND THREE GRANDKIDS TOO
SO NOW THEY MUST SURROUND EACH OTHER WITH HIS LOVE FOR THEM
AND HELP SEE EACH OTHER THROUGH
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND
IS THE SONG THAT COMES TO MIND
WHEN I HEAR THAT SONG, I'LL THINK OF YOU
AND ALL OF OUR GOOD TIMES
HE WAS MY FRIEND AND CONFIDANT
BUT SURELY MOST OF ALL
A FRIEND WE COULD ALL RELY UPON
IN HIS HONOR WE ALL STAND PROUD AND TALL"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF GLENN DIAMOND GETMAN
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
BY GREG T. KONDER 6-23-14
TO HELP ONE ANOTHER THROUGH
Jamie Salmon
July 13, 2014
Jay wanted me to share the story when
Glenn borrowed a police uniform that I had
(don't ask, lol) so he could use it for a
Halloween party. But as I was recalling the
story, it stirred up a bunch of memories that
I forgot about... When Glenn was wheelchair bound, we used to out to the Hurricane on Pass-A-Grille on the regular. Glenn would take a small sip from his 12oz cup of Bud, then bet any & all takers that he could place the beer in his lap, spin around 5 times, & not spill a drop. That 1st beer was the only one we had to pay for. I was there @ the house the first time he started walking again. I thought it was what I was drinkin or smoking , lol. But after hours of reflecting it made me realize how
much of an influence & impact Glenn was on
my life. Both of us being music lovers, he
introduced me to some phenomenal groups
and artists that were not of the mainstream,
@ least here in FL they weren't. He had
asked me to go on tour w/a rock band that
his lighting company was out on the road
with in the midwest & Carolinas when he
needed a break. If I had never did that I
probably wouldn't have worked concert
production for 15 yrs. I pray that those that
read this will reach out & sit down w/that
good friend or family member to tell them
how they made a positive impact on your
life. I regrettably missed my opportunity to
share that with Glenn.
Traci Marco
July 13, 2014
We all said our goodbyes to you yesterday. And it was hard. You are such a wonderful man. You touched each and every heart that you ever came in contact with. Such a big loss to all off us. Your heart was gold, how could something so pure and wonderful give out like it did.i can't tell you enough how much you meant to me.
Doris Shearer
July 12, 2014
He will be missed by all. My deepest sympathy to all his family.
Charlene Dowdle-Wait
July 12, 2014
R.I.P. Glenn. My fondest memories of our youth will be of you coming to get your dog from my house every time my dog was in heat. We laughed about that later in life as adults. You were a great man! Prayers to your family.
George Patides
July 12, 2014
Glenn was a true brother in a very deep sense of the word. Love and prayers for him and all his family.
Lana Skinner
July 12, 2014
Such a hard loss, especially when it's so unexpected. We didn't know him well, but because he's Jay's brother, he felt like family anyway. All our love, Lana, Keith, Brynn, and Delaney Skinner
Claudia Harvey
July 12, 2014
What a great Guy Glenn was. Always smiling and happy. My prayers to the family. He sure will be missed by all who knew him. What a special Man. RIP Buddy. Gibbers for life.
Michael Simpson
July 12, 2014
R.I.P. Glenn you gave your life's all to live it to the fullest. Thank you for your kind loyalty, and the laughs and smiles I can still remember. You had your way and left your Mark.
My condolences to all who knew Glenn and loved him.
Judy Pullara
July 11, 2014
My very deepest condolences to you and your Mother. I didn't know your brother but I know you and I am sure he was as nice as you are. I am so sorry for your loss. Prayers for all of you.
Stavrula Crafa
July 11, 2014
May his memory be eternal and my God wrap His loving arms around his family and give them all strength during this difficult time.
Kimberly Palmer-Davide
July 7, 2014
lighting a candle for you Glenn in remembrance of all the good times
some fun times with family & friends
Kimberly Palmer-Davide
July 7, 2014
I AM JUST BEING ABLE TO WRITE SOMETHING DOWN ABOUT THE LOST OF A GREAT PERSON IN THIS WORLD. I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD SEE GLENN AGAIN.
I SPENT SEVERAL YEARS WITH GLENN AND HAD WONDERFUL TIMES WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND ALL HIS FRIENDS. HE WILL BE TRULY MISSED EVEN IF I HAD NOT SEE HIM IN YEARS. PRAYERS AND LOVE GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS - I KNOW HE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY AND KNOW THAT HE IS STILL LIVING IN EVERYONE'S MEMORIES AND HEARTS. GLENN NOW YOU CAN WALK IN THE CLOUDS FOR MILES AND MILES WITHOUT EVER HAVING PAIN AGAIN. GOD BLESS
Traci Marco
July 4, 2014
Happy 4th . I still keep checking my voice mail hoping to have a message from you. This was finally going to be our time.
Laura Hoffman Holcomb
July 4, 2014
Although we did not keep in touch Glenn held a special place in my heart. We shared one great year together that I hold dear and will never forget. RIP dear friend. Condolences to all who loved him.
Our epic adventure I will never forget.
July 4, 2014
Peter R. Gerbert
July 3, 2014
I still can't wrap my head around this; I guess no one can comprehend such loss.
Lyrics from what I think might be the favorite song of Glenn's, mine and Max's. We've listened to this about 50,000 times over the last 40 years.
City in my head, Utopia
Heaven in my body, Utopia
It's time for me, for me to go
City in my head, Utopia
Heaven in my body, Utopia
Into the sky, it rises now...
Todd Rundgren's -Utopia 1973
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Jay
July 1, 2014
You will be missed
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Traci Marco
June 30, 2014
Hi Glenn, I can't stop looking at your pictures. I called your phone to hear your voice. You were coming out here next week. I miss you so much. I miss our talks and jokes. This is hard, I will never be able to say goodbye.
Laura Edwards Getman
June 30, 2014
Horrible horrible horrible day, RIP Glenn Getman I will never forget you and was so looking forward to you being the best man at our wedding. May your memory be eternal and I hope you know how much we love you and what an amazing man, friend and brother you were
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Greg Konder
June 30, 2014
Doing a farewell shot to my brother Glenn Getman at the Rainbow Bar Blues Jam tonight. I just couldn't stay home and grieve. I had to go to our favorite spot upstairs with Jessica Reeder bartendin', and my lovely wife Donna BellaDonna is gonna drive me home. (3blocks, but that's how she is. She loved Glenn too).thanks Jess
Mick Weick
June 30, 2014
We lost another wonderful human being.. Glen Getman fellow road dog, and wonderful man has been swept away from us in the middle of the night in his sleep.. I'll miss u for ever my brutha Glen RIP, my friend, please say a prayer for him, his family and friends.. I love u Bro!!
Mick Weick
June 30, 2014
Glen was a great guy. He will be missed dearly God bless his soul and free spirit. My prayers go out to all his friends and family. RIP my Brutha
Max Pomeroy
June 30, 2014
Rest In Peace: Glenn Getman - from childhood friend, best man at my wedding, many years together and apart - he was my brother.
Fay Giuliani Marakas
June 30, 2014
Thinking about all of our friends growing up. So many good times. Saddened to hear Glenn Getman passed away yesterday. One of the nicest families we knew in St Pete. This old pic is of my two brothers and Glenn(on right). Paul Giuliani on the left, Joey in the middle. Thoughts are with you Jay Getman Laura Edwards Marina & Drew
Peter Gerbert
June 30, 2014
I unexpectedly lost my close friend of nearly 40 years, Glenn Getman. We were so close; we often said we'd take a bullet for one another. Nobody liked a campfire and good music more than Glenn and I. He had a flight booked to FL for next month; I'm sitting here looking at his itinerary. I've been stockpiling firewood. He was so excited about being the best man for his brother Jay's wedding in August.
A part of me has died with you, my brother. Life will never be the same.
Shine on you crazy Diamond…
Yvonne DuPont
June 30, 2014
I LOVE YOU GLENN, RIP the little bit of peace I can find in this, is knowing where he is, and I'm sure he's cranken it with God...
pamela houldsworth
June 30, 2014
You will be missed. I know you are at peace. May your memory be eternal.
scott Mobberley
June 30, 2014
Glenn you may be gone but you will never be forgotten by anyone you touch.till we see each again old friend.
scott Mobberley
June 29, 2014
Glenn you may be gone but you will never be forgotten by anyone touch.till we see each again old friend.
June 29, 2014
He loved his family
Traci Marco
June 29, 2014
You will be missed
Vickie Caves
June 29, 2014
Thoughts and prayers to all of you at this most difficult time.
Vickie Caves
Four Seasons Travel
Traci Marco
June 29, 2014
You never said I'm leaving
You never said goodbye.
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knew why.
A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place,
That no one could ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
But you didn't go alone
For part of me went with you,
The day God took you home.
This is how I knew him and will always remember him.
Derek C. Buffardi Sr.
June 29, 2014
Glenn was a good friend to everyone he met. I will never forget in the early part of our friendship we spent just starring at the Moon and listening to FLOYD, then SABBATH of course. I will miss him. He WILL be missed by all that knew him he was a genuine person. MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE ON HIS SOUL!!! My sincere condolences to his great loving family. I Love You All!!! Too young but his journey has just started - Faithfully!!!
Eric Hann
June 29, 2014
A great friend and a huge loss to us all.
Traci Marco
June 29, 2014
You never said I'm leaving
You never said goodbye.
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knew why.
A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place,
That no one could ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
But you didn't go alone
For part of me went with you,
The day God took you home.
Denise and Victoria Santoleri
June 29, 2014
May his memory be eternal!
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