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Daniel Glenney Obituary
1947-2019
Daniel Joseph "Jay" Glenney, IV, age 72, died August 16, 2019 in Houston, Texas. A fourth-generation Houstonian, Jay was born on February 16, 1947 to Daniel Joseph "Joe" Glenney, III and Gloria Randolph Glenney. He was in the first graduating class of Strake Jesuit High School and received his Bachelor's degree from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Jay served with the Peace Corps in Malaysia for two years and returned to the States to earn his Master's degree in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (now Thunderbird School of Global Management) in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2008, Jay retired after almost 30 years with Houston Lighting & Power, and its successor companies, Reliant Energy and CenterPoint Energy. Retirement wasn't challenging enough for Jay, and he soon joined Utegration, to assist other utility companies implementing advanced software. He retired from Utegration a few weeks before his death.
Preceded in death by his parents and daughter Katherine Elizabeth, Jay is survived by his wife of 46 years, Cynthia Sikes Glenney; daughters and sons-in-law Diane and Dion Smith; Annie and James Moore; and his wonderful granddaughters, Maryann and Aria Moore. He is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law James and Liza Glenney; sister Kathryn Glenney; nieces, numerous cousins, and other relatives and friends. No funeral service is planned, but a Celebration of Life will be held at a future date. To honor Jay, the family suggests you consider a donation in his memory to a charity of your choice.
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Edmond Hardin
August 19, 2025
Edmond Hardin
August 19, 2020
I was with Jay at Jesuit. I will always remember that he many times came to school in a big Cadillac with a horse as the hood ornament. Talk about Texas...
After 25 years in the wholesale nursery business I sold that and wanted to become a computer programmer. Knowing that Jay was involved in this sort of thing I called him (1994?) to ask if I should go back to school and get a Computer Science degree or just dive in. Jay recommended that I just dive in. He said that if they wanted someone to program code for accounting, it was easier to teach an accountant programming than to teach a programmer accounting. Best advice I ever had. I've now been doing software development for 25 years and loving it. Thanks Jay.
September 20, 2019
We are saddened to learn of the death of Daniel, but grateful for his service to our nation with the Peace Corps in Malaysia.
Our condolences, The National Peace Corps Association
Bob Sumicek
August 28, 2019
Wow so sad for another of our class, yet happiness that he's chatting with Jesus.
This reminds me what Fr Bahlinger said,"we were a great bunch of guinea pigs".
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Edmond Hardin
August 27, 2019
I was in the Strake Jesuit class of '65 with Jay. I always think of him fondly.
August 24, 2019
We are saddened to learn of the death of Daniel, but grateful for his service to our nation with the Peace Corps in Malaysia.
Our condolences,
The National Peace Corps Association
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