By Staff
Mr. David Eaton Glass of South Burlington, Vt., and formerly of Washington, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at home.
Per his request, there was no funeral service but family and friends held a small gathering in his memory.
Mr. Glass was born in New York, N.Y., in 1921. He was the son of Gordon Goldwin Glass and Mary Eaton Glass. He grew up in Greenwich, Conn., and was educated at the Greenwich Country Day School, Brooks School and Harvard University (class of 1943). During World War II, he served in the Naval Air Force. He was married to Margery Glass, who survives. He worked in marketing and product development in Connecticut and Vermont and was responsible for several technological improvements to the early plastic blow molding process. He had lived in Washington for 18 years prior to returning to Vermont. During his time in Washington, he was a member of the Washington Country Club.
Survivors include two sons, Gordon Glass of Seattle, Wash., and Dickson Glass of Underhill Center, Vt.; one daughter, Nancy Angelopoulos of North Haven, Conn.; six grandchildren and three stepdaughters, Sally MacLeod Reichert, Anne MacLeod and Lauren MacLeod.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Hospice of the Champlain Valley, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446.
Arrangements were by Elmwood Meunier Funeral Home, Burlington, Vt.