Rebecca L Webb
Rebecca Webb, age 61, passed away peacefully in Glenwood, Minnesota on April 8, 2025, after a year-long battle with cancer. During her final days she was continuously surrounded and lovingly cared for by her family and friends. A memorial service will be held for Rebecca at Glenwood Lutheran Church, 206 Minnesota Ave E, Glenwood, Minnesota on April 22. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by an 11:00 a.m. Memorial Service. Services will be livestreamed at glenwoodlutheran.com. Inurnment of ashes will occur immediately afterward at Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Glenwood.
Rebecca Lynn Webb was born in Fort Dix, New Jersey on May 6, 1963. Rebecca grew up as the daughter of an Army officer, spending her childhood living at numerous Army bases throughout the country, including in Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Hawaii, Washington D.C., Kansas and Colorado. Both her parents and grandparents were from West Central Minnesota, with her Webb grandparents and parents owning cabins on Lake Minnewaska. Throughout Rebecca’s travelled childhood the one constant in her life was that her summers would be spent at the family cabins on Lake Minnewaska.
Rebecca’s family moved to Colorado in the summer of 1978, settling in the Foothills west of Denver. While there Rebecca attended Clear Creek High School, graduating as class Salutatorian in 1981. She went on to study at Wellesley College in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming a triple major and graduating in 1985. She then studied Film Directing at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, getting to meet and learn from many of the country’s top independent film directors while attending classes and participating in conferences held at the adjacent Sundance Institute in Park City.
When her college years were completed, Rebecca made the life-changing decision to choose a career that would enable her to one day relocate to and purchase a home on her beloved Lake Minnewaska. It was that focus that led her to first accept a job as secretary for the Pediatric Endocrinology Department at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. Five years later she accepted a position as secretary to the Chancellor at the University of Minnesota-Morris, later transitioning to manager of the campus website before taking on a series of positions within the University IT Department. It was that transition to UMM that finally enabled her to pursue a permanent life on Lake Minnewaska, buying the lake home where she would live for the remainder of her life. It was Rebecca’s fulfilling of that dream that similarly inspired the rest of her family - ultimately leading to both her parents, brother Byron and sister-in-law Jen relocating to the Glenwood area later in their lives.
In 1996 Rebecca was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer, with the prognosis being that she had a 20 percent chance of surviving five years. She miraculously defeated that cancer and became heavily involved with helping and supporting cancer charities for the rest of her life.
Rebecca was a woman of many passions. A prolific writer, she wrote over 80 articles for the Glenwood Senior Perspective paper. As a committed community supporter, she participated as both a board member and committee officer for numerous local organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, the Showstoppers theater group, the Pope County Humane Society, Pioneer Public Television, the Pope County Historical Society and Museum, and Glenwood Lutheran Church. For nine years in a row, she served as one of the announcers for the annual Waterama Grand Day Parade. One of her greatest joys was spearheading and narrating the Pope County Museum’s annual Halloween “Spooky Spots of Pope County” tour. She truly loved Glenwood and always enjoyed donating her time and support to the different community organizations and charities.
Later in life she became a devoted sports fan, attending numerous Viking, Gopher and NDSU football games with her father and brother. Perhaps her greatest loyalty and devotion were to the local Minnewaska Laker High School sports teams. Rebecca would attend numerous home and away Laker football, volleyball, girls’ and boys’ basketball, and baseball games. She cultivated and treasured the many friendships made throughout her years of cheering on the Lakers.
She is survived by her mother, Barbara Webb; brother, Byron Webb III; other relatives and many friends.
Rebecca was preceded in death by her father, Byron Webb Jr, and sister-in-law, Jennifer Webb.
In lieu of gifts to the family, it is requested that donations be made in Rebecca’s honor to your favorite charity or to any of the organizations listed above, which Rebecca loved and supported throughout her life in Glenwood.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to all the wonderful caregivers at Glacial Ridge Hospital, Glacial Ridge Homecare & Hospice, and Parkview Court Assisted Living Facility in Glenwood. We will be forever grateful for the loving care you gave Rebecca and all the support you provided to the family during the final weeks of her life.