Glen's Bakery

06/25/2017

02/08/2017

In 1946, Glen and Rachel Young started Glen’s Bakery and Restaurant with a simple slogan “We would rather serve one person ten times than ten people once”. Up until 2009, and four generations later, it had been the pleasure of our family to be a part of this community and do just that.

Starting small, their business thrived. Their son Raymond, starting at a very young age worked by their side until he married Roberta, had a family and in the 1970's took over operations. The Family tradition of service to the community continued until 2009 when Ray senior retired.

In October 2014 Raymond sold Glen's Bakery to Keven Bingham. Ray not only sold the building, land and equipment, but also agreed to work with the new owner by providing personal training. Ray wanted to pass on his baking secrets to ensure the community could enjoy his creations for many years to come.

The purchase was completed in October 2014 and mandatory construction and remodeling began immediately thereafter. The Bingham family is close to reopening the bakery, rebranding it as "Glen's on 3rd Bakery/Cafe"

It was previously posted that the sale included the real estate only; we have since opened the vaults to our extensive recipe collection to the Bingham family. It was the sincere wish of Ray Sr. to spend time with new owners and share his joy of baking and as well as his wealth of experience. Unfortunately Ray passed away before he could enjoy seeing the re-opening of the bakery. So the family has made available for the new owners access to Ray’s baking notebooks, which include his very popular formulas.

It is our sincere desire to see the success of the Keven Bingham family in their efforts to continue being a part of this wonderful community.

02/05/2017

Many people have been asking about how Roberta has been doing the past several months. I'm happy to report she is doing well. From our family to yours, have a great 2017!

03/24/2016

Tooth pick pack manufactured by the P*k Pak Company out of Medford Oregon in the late 1950's

03/21/2016

2009

02/06/2016

From 1989

12/31/2015

Today we lay to rest our husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle. Dad was a lot of different things to different people, but to everyone he was a friend. And though he will be missed dearly, this is not a sad day. If he could have scripted his passing it would have looked very similar to this. Dad had spent the days preceding his passing at his home with his wife laughing and resting and for the most part pain free. He did not suffer, and he didn’t have to spend his final days in some unfamiliar sterile environment waiting for time to pass as he slowly deteriorated.

He would have been humbled, honored, and probably a little embarrassed by all of the attention that he received in passing, as he did not like to be the center of attention. If he could have been here he probably would have apologized for taking up your time and no doubt brought a smile to everyone’s face with one of his stories, sayings, or possibly by just giving you a hug and a smile.

I am beyond blessed to be able to call him my dad. I was molded by his grit, determination, integrity, love and support, and though at times I probably fall short of his expectations, his influence in my life is a part of my every decision. He shared much of his life lessons through his many sayings. The ones that have had the biggest influence on me include:

“How will you ever know when you get there if you don’t know where you’re headed” The importance of setting goals and making decisions that are consistent with those goals.

“It isn’t worth having if it isn’t worth working for” Work hard and don’t expect to be given anything.

“Life is what you make it” You and you alone control your destiny.

“I’m in pretty good shape for the shape I’m in” Always sprinkle your reality with a little bit of optimism.

And the most important one, love those around you and let them know every day by telling them “I love you”

God rest your soul dad. You will be missed, until we meet again.

12/27/2015

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