- NOTE: The early part of his life he was called 'Travis' but in 1960 he started going by 'T. Glenn'.
TOGETHERNESS (He loved this poem that he received from his sister when his wife passed away. He read it every night before he went to bed. His sister had received it from a friend at the time her husband passed,)
TOGETHERNESS
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Whatever we were to each other we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the same easy way you always have.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it always was.
There is absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of your mind because
I am out of your sight?
I am but waiting for you for an interval,
somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well, nothing is past. Nothing has been lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before--only better......
Infinitely happier.
We will be one, together forever.
Obituary: Travis Glenn Haws
May 8, 1930 - March 25, 2014
Dr. Travis Glenn Haws passed peacefully on March 25th in St. George, Utah to be united once again with his beloved wife JoAnn and departed family members. In his final testimony he wrote, "I want you to know that God lives, and that I love you all, not only for who you are, but what I know you have the power to become."
Travis was born in Blackfoot, Idaho in 1930 to Glenn Alley Haws and Roxie Estella Jensen Duckworth and grew up in Idaho Falls. He served an LDS mission in Brazil in 1950 and later married JoAnn Kay Chadwick in the Idaho Falls temple in 1953. He graduated with his BA and MA from BYU and his Ph.D. in Zoology from Purdue University. From 1958-66 he held university teaching positions at colleges in New York, New Jersey, and was the first LDS professor hired by the University of Puget Sound in Washington State. He joined the Church Education System in 1966 and became the LDS Institute Director at Portland State University from 1970-92. Among his various church callings, he was Branch President in Plattsburgh [New York] and Bishop of the Tacoma [Washington] 4th and Forest Grove [Oregon] wards. Since his retirement, he served additional LDS missions with his wife in Philadelphia, Nauvoo and Salt Lake City.
Dr. Haws was an avid outdoorsman, master gardener, entrepreneur, scientist, teacher, scholar, author and family man. He is known for his wit and candor, his outgoing nature, and engaging personality. He was curious about life and always amazed by its profound beauty. He had a special gift for appreciating classical music from the moment he heard his first Metropolitan Opera at the age of nine and finding himself moved to tears without knowing why. He later fulfilled a lifelong dream as the guest conductor for the Utah Symphony at the 2006 Deer Valley 4th of July concert. Just months before his passing, Dr. Haws was able to publish his Magnus Opus, a book entitled "Who and What Am I, Why Am I Here on This Earth" (www.answersfromheaven.org) a book he believed could help any person understand the truth about the origin and purpose of life.
He is survived by his sister Sharon Jewkes and his 8 children, 31 grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren and will be sorely missed by all those who were taught at his feet and influenced by his love and testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ.
His family is holding funeral services in his honor at 1:00 pm on Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Sandy LDS chapel, 9855 S 2300 E with viewing services beginning at 11:00 am.
(Published in Salt Lake Tribune on Mar. 30, 2014)
(Published in The Oregonian from Mar. 28 to Mar. 30, 2014)
Haws, T. Glenn age 83; born May 08, 1930; died Mar. 25, 2014
Dr. Travis Glenn Haws passed peacefully March 25, 2014, in St. George, Utah. Among his many leadership roles, Dr. Haws served as the director of the Portland Institute of Religion and as Latter-day Saints Bishop in Forest Grove. Dr. Haws recently published "Who and What Am I" (answersfromheaven.org) about the origin and purpose of life. He was married to JoAnn Chadwick (deceased) and is survived by his eight children; 31 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. He will be sorely missed by all those who were taught at his feet and influenced by his love.
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