Obituaries
Glenn H. Davis, 93
Glenn H. Davis, 93, formerly of Millersville, PA., died on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Lancaster General Hospital. He was a resident of Country Meadows Retirement Community. Born in New Kensington, PA on November 23, 1916, he was the son of the late Winfield S. and Anna Bergner Davis.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Eleanor Burns Davis.
He earned a BS in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. His 40 year career in public education began as a music teacher in Berlin, PA in 1943. Subsequent positions included the following: music teacher, Arnold, PA and New Brighton, PA; Director of Music and guidance counselor, Greensburg-Salem School District, Greensburg, PA; Director of Guidance and Asst. Principal, Westwood High School, Westwood, NJ; Principal, Penn Manor High School, Millersville, PA, from which he retired in 1982.
He was a member of Highland Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, PA.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Glenn H. Davis, Jr., husband of Christine L. Davis, Birmingham, AL; two daughters, Nancy D. Smith, wife of Philip E. Smith, Lancaster, PA and Carol D. Hodes, wife of Jeffrey A. Hodes, Herndon, VA; six grandchildren, Rebecca Davis, Glenn H. Davis, III, Phillip Hodes, husband of Elizabeth Reilly-Hodes, Sarah Hodes, Drew Smith, and Evan Smith; and one great grandchild, Zachary Hodes.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles A. Davis, of Home, PA, and Winfield S. Davis, of Hamden, CT.
A memorial service will be held at Highland Presbyterian Church, 500 East Roseville Road, Lancaster, on Tuesday, March 23 at 11am with The Rev. Dr. Roger Rabey and The Reverend Ann Osborne officiating.
Friends may visit with the family at Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home, 441 North George Street, Millersville, PA, 17551 from 6pm – 8pm on Monday, March 22.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions be made to the Charles A. and Clarabel Tweed Davis Memorial Music Scholarship at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 422 South 11th Street, Indiana, PA, 15705. To send an online condolence to the family, please visit snyderfuneralhome.com
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You are all in our prayers. We are sorry that we can not be with you. We have such fond memories of your Dad. What a wonderful man he was: cheerful, compassionate, loving and a great educator.
Love to all of you.
Gale and Vincent Bellafiore
Glenn was a fine gentleman and a good friend and he will be missed by all.
Bob Bloom at Country Meadows in Lancaster
I had the honor of working with Mr. Davis during all of his years at Penn Manor. I served as Mathematics Department Chairman under his leadership. I admired him for his integrity and leadership abilities. I admired him for his concern about the students and especially for his support of his staff. He was my boss but I also felt he was my friend. He certainly ranks among the top administrators that I worked with during my 39 years at Penn Manor. We are so sorry that we can’t attend his services because we are presently in Florida. I am so very sorry that we can’t be there to honor him and share our feelings with his family. We have faced the death of four close family members in the past year, so we understand your struggle. Both of our fathers were also in their 90’s and we definitely miss them. But we also share the knowledge that they are no longer suffering and that they lived good long productive lives, and that does provide some comfort. We will be praying that God will grant you the same special peace that he granted us during those difficult days.
Barry and Dianne Kauffman
180 W. Charlotte St.
Millersville, PA 17551
Your Dad will always have a special place in my heart. He was a fine gentleman.
As an elementary teacher who taught with Eleanor for 12 years, I always enjoyed ‘after school’ visits at the Davis home. Glenn continued to listen to my school stories up until my own retirement in 2007.
Love and prayers,
Jeanne VanDerSchaaf
Dear Chris, Glenn, Becky, Glenn and Nancy and Carol and families,
So sorry that we can not be with you as you celebrate a wonderful life so well
loved. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and with Eleanor, too.
You have our sympathy………Gale and Vin
I would just like to say that I am sorry for the loss of your father. He was a wonderful man, who I had the privilege of knowing while working at Country Meadows as a PCA. He was always so cheerful and positive. I thought it was great how he kept in touch with his family through email at his age. My husband, Bud, who is the driver, also got to know and appreciate him through taking him to appointments, etc. It was a pleasure to know him and have him with us at Country Meadows. Sincerely, Joyce Fair
P.S. I also still think of your dear Mother, who I helped to care for on the 2nd floor, and hope that she is comfortable.
Dear Nancy and Family,
We are sorry to hear of Glenn’s passing and regret that we are not in Lancaster to attend the service. However, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Visiting your Dad over the past few years brought back many fond memories of our days together at Penn Manor. We also enjoyed our social activities with both of your parents.
Again we regret that we are still in Florida for the winter and cannot be with all of you at his service.
Peace be with you and treasure your many fond memories.
Dick and Marge Trout
