Harvey Glen Ivie

Harvey “Glen” Ivie, age 84, died at 5:08 am at Baptist Health South, South Miami, Florida. Married to Glen for 59 years, his wife was present at the time of his death, as she did not leave the hospital room during the last four days of Glen’s life.

Born and raised in Richfield, on March 26, 1942, the son of Harvey and Norma Peterson Ivie. Glen graduated in 1960 from Richfield High School, where he was on the wrestling and football teams. In 1964, he graduated from the University of Utah. To pay his expenses to earn those degrees, he worked jobs mainly dealing with food, including working in a pizza parlor, serving meals to women in a sorority house, and assisting a pastry maker in a national park. In August 1969, Glen graduated with a Master's degree from New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

During his 32-year career in education, he was always in the classroom, teaching students about science, usually biology, and sometimes chemistry. He taught at North Miami, Norland, Northwestern High Schools, Miami Springs High Schools, all within the large system of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

On Saturday, April 15, 1967, Glen married Mary Barbara Weisenbach, also a teacher, at Holy Family Church in North Miami, Florida. In Miami Shores, where they lived for 55 years, they brought up their three children, Clare (now a pharmacist), Geoffrey, and Michelle (now a nurse). All three graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. All five members of the family enjoyed traveling. When Geoffrey was a young Boy Scout, his troop leader not only encouraged the boys to plan a trip to a large jamboree, but also to plan a trip up the entire East Coast, stopping at various historical cities. More than a year in advance, the group began holding fundraisers. Glen also accompanied the scout leaders and the boys on the learning experiences. Later, Geoffrey became an Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow.

For many years, trips were mainly to limited to visiting family in California, Indiana, North Carolina, and Utah. Glen always found interesting spots nearby or on the way.

In later years, when all five members would no longer travel together, at least two to four members joined together to visit faraway places. They went to Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, the Peruvian Amazon, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, and Maui, Hawaii. Geoffrey and Glen also went to Bali, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Members of the family continued to have wonderful adventures together. Through the organization Youth for Understanding(YFU), Michelle was an exchange student for a semester in Germany.

After his retirement, Glen volunteered at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. While driving the tram throughout the beautiful grounds, he educated the visitors about the palm trees, trees in bloom, their fruit, vines, the history of the garden, the animals that lived there, and events. Glen took seriously learning all he could about what was growing there, but he also had his own style and sense of humor to make the tours more entertaining as well as educational. Giving the tours was something he really enjoyed for almost 25 years.

After his retirement, Glen also became a member of Tropical Flowering Tree Society and Rare Fruit Council International. It is with these groups he, his wife and son, traveled to Australia and Brazil and visited nurseries not on a typical tourist’s list.

One afternoon in early October, when his wife was visiting him in rehab at Miami Jewish Health an employee passed by his room to ask Glen if he would like to go to a music presentation (music therapy). The employee would be back in about a half hour. Glen’s wife coaxed him in to going. “Glen, remember we used to go to places to listen to music together? I’d like to hear the music here. I’d really like to go. I can’t go by myself. Could you please go, go take me with you?” The woman who led the therapy session made it a point to know and call each person by name. At the end of the session, she asked each person if he or she had a “request”. Glen sat there looking bored. He was also anxious and just wanted to leave and get back to his room. He was afraid he wouldn’t make it back there. When the woman went around the second time, called Glen by name, asked if he wanted to request a song, she waited patiently, and he said, “Home on the Range”. What an amazing surprise and how appropriate.

Some of Michelle’s memories of dad: He was a great dad and taught me the love of science and travel. He had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed telling jokes to anyone and everyone. He was a caring and patient dad. He would always drive me to my many after-school activities and wait in the car for me just in case I needed him. He always believed in me and encouraged me to keep bettering myself. He also immensely loved his grandkids and will be missed by all of us. 

One of Clare’s memories of her dad: “He loved nature, his grandchildren, and telling dad jokes.”

Granddaughter “Maddie” remembers Glen’s warm smile, funny sense of humor and unique infectious laughter.

His wife remembers that Glen was perceptive and at some very important times in life he would say something important in very few words.

After Glen’s father died, Dave Brown developed a business relationship with Norma to help keep the “Cow Business” running on the Ivie Land. In addition to that business agreement, Norma enjoyed a lasting friendship with Dave and Shelley Brown. Although left with fewer acres Glen continued similar relationships with the Browns. Thank you, Dave and Shelly, for all you have done.

Glen will be missed by his wife of 59 years, Mary Barbara Ivie, of Miami Shores, Florida; his children, Clare Jardell and her husband Jeremy of Oviedo, FL, His son, Geoffrey Eugene Ivie of Miami Shores, Fl, and Michelle Crowell and her husband Mark “Rich” of Danville, California, and his grandchildren, Everett, and Dean Jardell; and Ethan and Madeline “Maddie” Crowell’ Niece Marcie Dwight and her husband Gregory of Scotsdale, Arizona. And his sister-in-law, Jeri Ivie, of Dallas, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his only sibling, his brother Stanley Dean Ivie, and his nephew, Ricky Ivie.

Graveside Services will be at 11:00 on Thursday, May 21, 2026, in the Richfield City Cemetery.

Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina, and Manti

An online guestbook and livestreaming of services can be found at www.maglebymortuary.com underneath Glen's obituary.