Isabel Davidge Glomb, a 50-plus year Roslyn Heights resident who taught English for more than three decades, died on June 10. She was 98.
Born in upstate Ballston Spa on March 18, 1917, Glomb went on to graduate from New York State College for Teachers — later renamed the State University of New York at Albany — in 1937 and earned a master’s degree from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1945.
Upon finishing her undergraduate work, she immediately went back into the classroom, this time as a teacher, embarking on a 35-year career in education from 1937-72 in the Sackets Harbor, Mattituck and Hewlett school districts.
A longtime parishoner of Trinity Episcopal Church in Roslyn, Glomb was awarded the parish’s Bishop’s Cross award for service in 1987.
Church officials said she and her husband Lou, who married on July 11, 1953, attended several Elderhostel travel programs together, through which they enjoyed history, nature, arts, music and other subjects.
Isabel also drew, painted and played the recorder, and volunteered for several non-profits, including “Meals on Wheels.”
A funeral service will be held for Glomb at Trinity Episcopal on Aug. 22 at 11 a.m.
Glomb is predeceased by her husband, three siblings, two stepsons, their wives and one grandson.
She is survived by four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and nine nieces and nephews.
