Glenn Borland

Glenn F. Borland, 80, passed away unexpectedly on March 5th, 2016
with his three children by his side. Glenn was born on December 28,
1935 in Oelwein Iowa, the beloved son, and only child, of Glen A and
Linda E. (Rockdaschel) Borland. He graduated from Oelwein High
School, class of 1954. He married the love of his life, his bride of
52 years, Carolyn Nicholson on August 18, 1957. He went to UW-Madison
on a basketball scholarship. He was known as the "old left hander",
and his hook shot was called "unstoppable". He was captain of the
Badgers both his Junior and Senior years. He graduated from
UW-Madison in 1958. He also received his MS in 1969 and his Ph.D in
1982.
He started his career at West High School in 1958 as a coach and
physical education teacher. In 1966 he was a coach, physical
education teacher, and athletic director at the new high school,
James Madison Memorial. In 1969, he was promoted to the Assistant
Principal at Memorial. In 1972, he moved his family to Austin,
Minnesota where he was hired as the Principal at Austin High School.
In 1975 he was lured back to Madison and became Principal at
LaFollette High School. In 1979 he became the District Director for
the Madison Public Schools. In 1992, he was named Interim
Superintendent and he retired later that year. Although retired, he
became a Coordinating Superintendent intermittently until 1994 for
Madison Public Schools. He also became the Interim Superintendent for
the Westfield School District the following year. He was known as a
very humble, compassionate, open, welcoming, and loyal person. If he
gave you his word, you could be assured he would follow through on
it. He also was very funny, and had a great sense of humor. He spent
over 36 years of his life dedicated to helping kids and the Madison
community, impacting thousands of lives.
Throughout his adult life he stayed active playing fast pitch
softball for Octopus Car Wash and was involved in coaching many of
his kids' youth sports teams. He was the source of so much laughter
and fun. No matter where you are, or who you talk to, when Glenn
Borland's name came up, people would always get a smile on their
face, and have a "borly" story to share!
Glenn is survived by his three children. Sons, Brad (Maureen), Brian
(Charlene) , and daughter Elizabeth. Grandkids, Amanda (Brian) Ivie,
Sarah, Brianna, Tyler, Alex, and Brooke.Glenn is also survived by
sisters-in-law LouAnn Kappmeyer, Glenda Thielbert, and by brother-
in- law and sister-in-law Jim (Janice) Nicholson. He is also survived
by two special cousins Joyce Johnson, and Donna Andreas. .
He was preceded in death by his parents, Glen A and Linda E,and his
"bride",Carolyn in 2009, brothers- in- law Rollie Kappmeyer, Gene
Thielbert, and sister- in- law Betty Daniels.
Mom and dad and their legacy of love and their incredible story
together will live forever. Their lives were blessed with so many
wonderful friends. Those relationships were very important to our
mom and dad. We thank you all for enriching their lives. A
visitation will be held from 4 PM until 7 PM on Friday March 18, 2016
at Cress Funeral Home, 3610 Speedway Rd, Madison. There will be a
visitation at 9 AM until the service on Saturday at the Church.
The memorial service will be held at 10 AM on Saturday March 19, 2016 at
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church- West Campus, 7291 County Highway PD in
Verona, with the Reverend Timothy Nybroten presiding. A celebration of
life will follow from 1 PM to 4 PM at Dahmen's at Hawk's Landing, 88
Hawk's Landing Circle, Verona on Saturday March 19, 2016. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to the Glenn Borland Living Trust. A
Glenn and Carolyn Borland Memorial Fund will be set up at a later
date.



Cress
Funeral and Cremation Service
3610 Speedway Road Madison
608-238-3434