Glenn Curtis Cornish was born on October 2, 1923 in Springfield, Vt., the son of a marble quarryman and a French Canadian mother. He was one of five children, four brothers and one sister, all now deceased. Glenn served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater of WWII as a company clerk, then traveled and worked for the Hartford Courant, G. Fox Department Store in Hartford, Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford and finally, for about 40 years, as a heat treat technician at ABA Tool & Die as a specialist in hardening molds for casting. At his retirement, a book of original heat treat "recipes" was gratefully acknowledged by ABA. After retirement, he served as a docent at the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry for many years, and researched, designed and installed a "period" garden at that property. In recent years his driving interest, as a member of the Hockanum River Park project, was to blaze, mark and maintain hiking trails along the formerly industrial Hockanum for the enjoyment and education of the people of Manchester. A voracious reader and scholar of botany and history, Glenn had just finished an article about spring wildflowers before his sudden demise from complications of heart disease on May 5, 2009.
He is survived by his wife, Marianne; children, Michael and Alison; and two grandsons, Van and Andrew.
Donations would be welcome for two favorite local institutions: Mary Cheney Library, 586 Main St., Manchester, CT 06040, or the Hockanum River Park Committee, c/o Manchester Town Hall, 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040.
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www.brooklawnfuneralhome.com.
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