In thinking of Dan this year, I recalled two of the nicknames he assigned, “snow goose” (when winter came, my nose would start running, and I was soon honking into handkerchiefs) and “the gray nun”. Dan was ordained as a priest around 1950. He loved it, and thrived in the work. He would never have…
Glenn Peters 11/17/1921 – 7/19/2011
Growing up Glenn grew up in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, the county seat of Centre County, a few miles from Penn State University. This is Pennsylvania Dutch country, and he grew up around people with names like "Hugg" and "Treaster". His eventual Mother-in-Law was Martha Zahniser, and he took great pride in joking that he was the…
Dan’s voice
I met Dan when I was 22 and he was 66, and it didn't take long for either of us to realize that, as far as we were concerned, we'd be together for as many years as were given to us. I thought at the time, "Well, 66... Maybe we'll get twenty years together." Twenty…
48 Hours
Thursday was the first anniversary of Glenn’s death. I looked into renting a cabin for a night or two like I’d done on the first month anniversary, but the West Virginia and Pennsylvania park services only rent cabins by the week bring the peak season. I decided to take a break at home. I spent…
Video of Glenn’s memorial service
I finally edited together the video from Glenn's memorial service. I hope you enjoy it, and hope it brings some smiles to everyone who knew and loved him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFjZRak_gfs If anyone wants the original high definition version (it's about 10 gigabytes), let me know.
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