Annie Glenn Annie Glenn Anna Margaret Glenn (née Castor; born February 17, 1920) is an American advocate for people with disabilities and communication disorders as well as the widow of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn. Anna Margaret Castor was born on February 17, 1920 in Columbus, Ohio to parents Homer and Margaret Castor. Her father was a dentist. In 1923, the Castor family moved to New Concord, Ohio. There, Castor became childhood friends with John Glenn; the pair later became high school sweethearts. After graduating from high school, Castor attended Muskingum College where she majored in music and education with a
Glenn M. Wise her in the 1956 Republican primary. Wise remained an active and steadfast Republican. She had married John E. Wise Sr. in 1924; he later became chief electrical engineer for the State of Wisconsin, and died in 1968. Glenn Wise was active in the Presbyterian church and civic activities; when she died at the age of 95, she left behind one son (John Jr.), five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Glenn M. Wise Glenn Miller Wise (born July 14, 1896, Wyocena, Wisconsin – died September 24, 1991, Madison, Wisconsin) was a secretary, statistician, and Republican politician, who served as Wisconsin's first female