Glen Raymond Phillips of Hermiston died on Feb. 23, 2021 in Portland at the age of 56.
He was born on Feb. 15, 1965 in Hermiston to Donald and Glenda Cain Phillips.
Glen was raised and attended schools in Hermiston, graduating from Hermiston High School in the class of 1983. He then attended Chemeketa Community College in Salem, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in fire science. Glen was united in marriage to Gina Uitto on Sept. 1, 1990 in Hermiston. He joined the Hermiston Fire Department as a volunteer firefighter in 1989 and began his full-time career on July 16, 1990. Glen served the organization well throughout his career as a firefighter-paramedic, fire captain, battalion chief and division chief, retiring on April 30, 2017. Glen was an active member of the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office Regional Hazardous Materials Team 10, providing leadership and experience not only at the local level, but through involvement in a variety of areas across the state. Glen was also an active member of the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office “Green Team,” one of the state’s incident management teams, as a division supervisor. More notably, Glen served with the U.S. Forest Service Incident Management Team 9 as an air attack group supervisor, which he continued to do after retiring from the fire district.
Glen never knew a stranger and loved the game of golf. His personality, sense of humor and love of fishing, hunting, traveling and friends will be missed greatly.
He was a member of the masonic lodge in Hermiston.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Gina Phillips, Hermiston; sons, Bryson (Noelle) Phillips, Hermiston and Joshua (Samantha) Phillips, Oak Harbor, Wash.; sisters, Teresa Manning, Christy Phillips and Denise Phillips; grandchildren, Gage and Elody; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Glen was preceded in death by his parents.
A graveside service following state guidelines will be held on Friday, March 5, 2021 at 1 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery.
Please share memories of Glen with his family at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
