ST. GEORGE — Glenn E. Hall, 70, beloved husband of Lucinda M. “Cindy” Hall, died peacefully, yet unexpectedly, at his Tenants Harbor home, Wednesday, December 15, 2021.

Born in Rockland, April 10, 1951, he was the son of Almond True and Shirley Lehtinen Hall. Glenn grew up in St. George, attending local schools, graduating from Georges Valley High School in 1969, and then attending Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute, completing a two-year automotive program. He graduated in 1971.

Growing up, Glenn had two passions at an early age that defined his life: the ocean and automobiles, or really, anything with an engine. Friend and neighbor Robert Skoglund taught Glenn to drive a Model T Ford when he was just six years old, and Glenn’s passion for the old car was born. At age 16, Glenn found an old abandoned Model T frame with a birch tree growing up through it. He dragged it home and began collecting parts to rebuild the car. He often joked that it was almost finished! The Model T brought him a lot of enjoyment through the years and was a source of pride for his accomplishment. He knew all of the statistics about the Model T and could rattle off the total number of cars that the Ford Motor company produced as quickly as giving his phone number out.

Always around the shore at Lehtinen’s Boat Shop with grandfather Hugo Lehtinen, Glenn’s second love developed. He was a born fisherman and Hugo was a huge influence in young Glenn’s life. In his teens he worked on Hugo’s seining crew to earn money to pay his S.M.V.T.I. automotive program tuition, an excellent trade to know if you will own boats, especially old ones. While still in school, Glenn started taking flying lessons from his grandfather. Sadly, Hugo passed away in December of 1970, leaving Glenn to finish with the help of another great local pilot, Albert Harjula. Glenn had his first solo in the spring of 1971 and went on to buy his own plane, a Piper Cub, which he used for fish spotting and commuting to and from local islands. He owned the plane over 30 years.

After graduating from S.M.V.T.I, Glenn went on to a 50-year commercial fishing career that he loved. He worked on many boats and even captained a couple before buying his own, the F/V Susan L, in 1973.

Glenn fished the Susan L until 1986 when he could finally have a new boat built. In March of 1987, the F/V Sarah MacKay launched at Tenants Harbor. Over the years, Glenn fished the New England coast from Eastport, Maine, to Gloucester, Massachusetts, targeting scallops, shrimp, and groundfish. In the summer months, Glenn used the boat to carry herring, something he had also done with the Susan L. He worked with several seiners, Victor Ames, Fred Stimpson and brother’s, Paul and Teddy Palino to name a few. When the Sarah MacKay alone could not meet the demands of his bait customers, Glenn decided he needed to add trucks to his business, and this was the birth of his company Superior Bait in the early 1990s. He would load his boat with herring and also purchase truck loads from other local seiners, usually the F/V Western Sea owned by friend Glenn Robbins or the Double Eagle owned by friend Glenn Lawrence. As the business continued to grow, greater distances were driven buying from boats from Gloucester and even as far away as Pt. Judith Rhode Island. Needing more help, wife Cindy became a driver and bookkeeper for the business, and their sons worked right along beside them. Salt is necessary to process bait, so they started another business, a salt company, and became Superior Bait & Salt in 2005.

In April of 1989, Glenn and his soulmate, soon-to-be wife, Cindy, and her son Michael, moved into their new home in Tenants Harbor. They married in September of that year, and in December 1990 their family was complete with the birth of son Alexander True Hall.

Having lobstered aboard his first boat the Puke, he wisely held onto his lobster license from those early years. Glenn bought an old outboard boat in the late 1990s, and he and Mike started fishing a few traps. Around 2000 Glenn upgraded to a bigger “better” 25-ft wooden lobster boat, The Twilight, built on Vinalhaven in 1961 and purchased from good friend Vonnie Ames.

Lobstering was a hobby for Glenn, a chance to be on the water and have fun; he didn’t consider it work. 

In 2017 with the decline in fishing and tightening restrictions, Glenn sold the Sarah MacKay. He was brokenhearted watching his boat steam out of the harbor without him, but he kept the Twilight because he just had to have a boat under his feet. He and Cindy fished lobster traps in the summer and used the money for vacations, taking one in the fall to St. Croix, U.S.V.I. where they made even more life-long friends and one in the spring, out West. Glenn loved the West.

He read and watched westerns whenever he could and was a die-hard John Wayne fan. Going West had always been a dream of Glenn’s, and it became a reality with the help of friend Phyllis Wyeth. Phyllis connected them with her Texas ranch friend, who planned the trip with visits to multiple working cattle ranches. One in the Texas hill country, Sisterdale, where he met horse trainer Cody Crider, a true horse whisperer, and his wife Diana, then on to the Caldwell Mountains of Fort Davis. Here they met ranch manager Bill Elliott and his wife, Trish. These friendships lasted the rest of his life. Through Bill and Trish, Glenn got to experience the authentic
cowboy way of life with Cindy at his side. They rode horses, herded cattle, participated in round-ups, and even tried branding. Over the next ten years, they followed Bill and Trish to other ranches in Texas, then from Texas on to Kansas and New Mexico. Glenn loved it!! He was living a dream and relished every second. He would come home and tell of their adventures and made it very clear this was NOT a DUDE ranch but a real working cattle ranch. Sadly, Covid made it impossible to travel both during 2020 and 2021. He had been hoping and planning to go in March of 2022.

Another passion that came to life in the spring of 2016 was motorcycle riding. Glenn bought a motorcycle that spring, and when Cindy told him she would not ride with him, they got one for her too. After a couple of years, they both upgraded to bikes better fit for long rides and a new adventure started for them. They would get away whenever they could, going on weekend trips to places like St. Andrews, New Brunswick, up to the Forks in Maine, and to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, to name a few. It was relaxing and a fun way to spend time together.

Glenn wore many hats and had many titles, fisherman, truck driver, pilot, business owner, to name a few, but his absolute favorite was Gigi to his two-year-old Granddaughter Luna Rose or Lulu as he called her. She was the light of his life, and she has Grampy’s blue eyes. He would beam when she was around, and she loved Gigi just as much. They were two peas in a pod! 

Glenn was an Eagle Scout, a founding member of the Mid Coast Fishermen’s Association, a member of the St. George Harbor Committee and the C.E.O. of Port Clyde Fresh Catch where he was instrumental in the construction of their new facility that should be open January 2022. 

Predeceased by his parents, Glenn leaves behind his best friend and wife of 32 years, Cindy; his son Michael Percy and his wife Lindsey of Warren; his son Alexander and fiancé Eliza Schecter of Thomaston, and granddaughter Luna Rose; siblings, all of St. George, Jerry Hall, and wife Suzanne, Sandra Hall and husband Dan McCaffray, Ron Hall and wife Jane, Diane Hall, Jenny Maltais, and husband John; one aunt, Constance Davis Lehtinen; and a very special cousin, Sally Lehtinen; several nieces and nephews; fellow fisherman and good friend Fred Stimpson, along with a brotherhood of fisherman up and down the coast.

Relatives and friends are invited to visit Monday, December 27, 2021, from 5 – 7 p.m., at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland. 

A Celebration of Glenn’s life will be Tuesday, December 28, at 11 a.m., at First Baptist Church of St. George, 15 Snows Point Road at Wileys Corner, St. George. Burial will follow at North Parish (Wileys Corner) Cemetery. In consideration of everyone’s safety, wearing protective masks will be appreciated.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. George Volunteer Firefighters & Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 249, Tenants Harbor, ME 04860.

To leave a condolence, please visit Glenn’s Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.