Dr. Glenn Mohney

MOHNEY Dr. Glenn Elwood passed away April 26, 2014. Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, November 16, 1921, Glenn Mohney was the third of four sons to Silas and Clarine Mohney. The family relocated to Lexington, Kentucky, while Glenn was a child so that his father could build a chiropractic practice. Always an excellent student, Glenn edited the student newspaper at University High School, a component of the University of Kentucky. Milking cows for his older brother's neighborhood dairy kept him from trying to earn a position on the high school basketball team. Dr. Mohney attended the University of Kentucky, completing his studies in three years. As World War II started, he settled on a career in medicine, and attended the University of Michigan School of Medicine. The move away from Kentucky was not without consequences: Dr. Mohney noted that he left Lexington and arrived in Ann Arbor with two things: "a straw boater, and a southern accent. Within a week, both were gone." Contracting tuberculosis as a medical resident, and eighteen bedridden months in a sanitarium, changed his career plans to ophthalmology. He moved to Iowa City for his eye training, and met his future wife, Elaine Ellerbrock. When he completed his ophthalmological residency, he served two years as a Captain in the US Army, based at Fort Gordon in Georgia, where his two sons were born. Lifelong friends from medical school served in the Army with him. Dr. Mohney initiated his practice in Port Huron, Michigan in 1955, partnering with Dr. Nicholas Douvas. They served a wide population of patients, from the thumb of Michigan to the suburbs of Detroit, and Canadians from across the St. Clair River as well. Respected by their peers, they were mainstays of the local medical establishment. Ironically, the onset of macular degeneration forced Dr. Mohney to retire from ophthalmology in the mid-1980s. He and Elaine relocated to Venice, Florida, where they were involved in local civic organizations. As his eyesight degenerated, Dr. Mohney taught himself a program that could both navigate and read email and web stories to him, since he could no longer read them himself. Unfailingly professional, polite and cheerful for his entire life, Dr. Mohney thrived on his practice, his marriage, and his family. His last words, spoken to his sons, were, "I feel very young." Dr. Mohney is survived by his two sons, Mark, an ophthalmologist in Atlanta, and David, Professor of Architecture and Dean Emeritus at the University of Kentucky College of Design, their two wives, and four grandchildren.