Gail Elizabeth Glenn

05/07/08 May 06, 2008 10:14 pm

— THORNVILLE, Ohio — Gail Elizabeth Glenn, 80, formerly a long-time resident of 142 Forest St., Cambridge Springs, died Monday, May 5, 2008, at the home of a daughter, LaVonne Clements, 74 Harborview, Thornville, Ohio, with whom she had lived the past year. She had been in failing health.
Born June 29, 1927, in Charleston, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Robert Fulton and Katherine White Fulton. On April 24, 1945, she married Robert Thomas Glenn; he preceded her in death April 1, 1987.
Mrs. Glenn was employed as a secretary in the business department of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for 20 years, retiring in 1991. Previous to 1991 she worked at Jamison Hospital in New Castle as a ward clerk and also at Polk State Hospital as a clerk.
She was a past member of American Legion Post 381 Auxiliary in Cambridge Springs and was a member of the Cambridge Springs Booster Club. Gail was a drum corps fanatic and followed the Erie Mavericks and the Garfield Cadets. She was a Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates fan and particularly enjoyed interacting with the students at Edinboro University.
Surviving family members include two sons, Robert Allen Glenn and his wife, Belinda, of Lima, Ohio, and Thomas R. Glenn and his friend, Kim Mitchell, of Cambridge Springs; three daughters, LaVonne L. Clements and her husband, Cliff, of Thornville, Susan Gail Glenn of Huron, Ohio, and Marcie Ann Farrell and her husband, Tommy, of Okeechobee, Fla.; and seven grandchildren, Hugh Clements, Donald Clements, Elizabeth (Drissy) Clements Marlo, Robert Thomas Glenn, Valerie Lyne Glenn, Tommy Farrell and Timmy Farrell.
Preceding Gail in death were a daughter, Kathleen Victoria Glenn; a son, Donald DeWitt Glenn; and a grandson, Samuel Clements.
Friends may call at Van Matre Family Funeral Home, 335 Venango Ave., Cambridge Springs, Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and are invited to attend the funeral there on Friday at 11 a.m.
Burial will be in Pleasant Cemetery, Pine Township, Allegheny County.
Memorials may be given to the Robert T. Glenn and Gail E. Glenn Scholarship Fund, c/o Edinboro University Development Office, 210 Meadville St., Edinboro, Pa. 16444.