Mrs. Mintie Glass (Staff/Art Department, 1960-1984) passed away the morning of December 31, 2005 after suffering a stroke.  Viewing was held on Jan. 6th at Collins Funeral Home in Silver Spring, and memorial service was held on Jan. 7th at the Bethesda Naval Hospital Chapel with many staff/faculty alumni in-attendance.  Burial services were held on Jan. 10th at Arlington National Cemetery.

 A feature obituary was in the Jan 9th Washington Post....
 CLICK HERE to read it & scroll halfway down the page (thanks to Bob Roberts, 1964, for letting us know to link this and able share with you).


Left: Santa Vadala (Staff), Judy Brewer Freas (1966), and Vincent Gibbs (Staff) at Mrs. Glass's Memorial Service on Saturday 1/7.

Known alumni staff in-attendance Saturday included Ms. Vadala, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Hill, Mr. Burlas, Mr. Clarke, Ms. Marylah Clark Martin, Miss Thomas,  and Dr. Dunn.

Dr. Dunn gave a eulogy.

Published in The Washington Post on 1/5/2006:

GLASS, MINTIE E.

On Saturday, December 31, 2005, MINTIE E. GLASS of Bethesda, MD. Beloved wife of Park R. Glass, Jr.; mother of J. Robert "Bob" (Mae Church) Glass, Cynthia Anne (Robert) Moses and Sue Ellen (Tom) Zellman; grandmother of Charles and Courtney Enman. Relatives and friends may call at COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, 500 University Blvd., West, Silver Spring, MD, Friday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial Servuce at National Naval Medical Center Chapel, 8900 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD on Saturday, January 7 at 11 a.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 9 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Fisher Houses at National Naval Medical Center, 24 Stokes Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-5002 or Washington National Opera, 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W., Suite 104, Washington, DC 20037.

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