Tiffany Glidden

Was taken from us all too soon on March 1, 2017. She leaves behind her loving husband Eric Ott; her "sunshine" Samuel (Sammy) Glidden-Fry; her beloved stepchildren Tegan, McKenzie, and Connor Ott; her parents Terry and Coralynn (Corky) Glidden; brothers Trevor and Corbin Glidden; sister-in-law Kim Glidden (nee Cano); nieces Breanna and S. Glidden; nephew A. Glidden; and in-laws John and Judy Fry. She was preceded in death by her partner Jeffrey Allen Fry. Tiffany was a lifelong resident of the Bangor community graduating from Bangor High School in 1987 before attending college at Ferris State then proceeding on to Grand Valley State where she received her Bachelor's degree in Communications. She spent over 20 years working in Holland at Prince Manufacturing that became Johnson Controls Automotive. She had recently gone back to her first love of teaching and was enjoying the joys and challenges of being a substitute teacher throughout Van Buren County. Tiffany also served in a volunteer capacity of Finance Secretary and Director of Christian Education at Bangor Simpson United Methodist Church where she and her family are also a members and she served for many years as a Sunday school teacher. Tiffany was a beautiful, vibrant, loving and caring woman whose greatest joy in life was to make other people happy. She always placed the well-being of others before herself and she was all about family. She enjoyed spending time with her parents and helping care for them and perhaps made more than occasional use of their pool. She and Eric were finally married just last August after having spent 9 years building their family together. In that time the family has taken multiple trips around building many wonderful memories. Tiffany cherished her friends and had a great love of animals, dragonflies, sea turtles, the outdoors, working in her garden, the beach, the water, and especially scuba diving. She even made the most out of Michigan winters with a love of skiing. Visitation will take place at Simpson United Methodist Church in Bangor MI beginning at 2:00 on April 22 with the celebration of her life to begin at 4:00. As Tiffany would have wished, in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Al Van Humane Society or to Sammy's college fund at Sturgis Bank in Bangor under her husband and Sammy's guardian's name Eric Ott.