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Henry Glade

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Henry Glade

Birth
Germany
Death
1 Jan 1999 (aged 78)
North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Burial
North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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OBITUARY - Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN) - January 4, 1999

Henry Glade, 78, of 203 N. Sycamore Street, North Manchester, IN, died at his
residence Friday, January 1, 1999.

He was born Oct. 8, 1920 at Koenigsberg East Prussia, Germany to Bruno and Else
(Gottfeld) Glade. He married Shirley A. Hathaway in North Manchester on Nov. 29,
1958.

He was Manchester College Professor Emeritus of German and Russian and Chair of
the Department of Modern Languages. He was a visiting Fellow in the Department
of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University. He was a Senior Exchange
Scholar with the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia, at the Gorki Institute
of World Literature. He also taught at the Slavic Institute of the University of
Cologne, Cologne, Germany. He was a Fulbright Scholar, Ford Foundation Fellow,
and a Research Fellow at the Deutsche Derschungs - Gemeinschaft.

In 1937, he fled Nazi Germany and arrived in the U.S. on July 4, 1940, after
intermediate stays in Italy and Havana, Cuba, where he met Lowel Wright, a North
Manchester native working with the Quakers. Impressed with Henry's intellect,
Mr. Wright arranged for Henry to get a scholarship at Elizabethtown College,
Elizabethtown, PA, where he received a B.A. in 1942. He earned his M.A. and
Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He did post-doctoral studies at the
Indiana University Summer Language Institute and Yale University.

Henry was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in the Civilian Signal Corp
during WW II. He was a member of the Modern Language Association and the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley A. Glade of North Manchester, a sister, Lisa
Matsson of Stockholm, Sweden, a stepbrother, Dr. Michael Levin of London,
England; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, North Manchester,
Thursday, January 7, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Patricia Helman officiating.
Friends may call Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999 from 2 to 7 p.m. at Grandstaff-Hentgen
Bender Chapel, and one hour prior to the Thursday service. Cremation took place
Jan. 5, 1999 at Fort Wayne, IN. Memorials may be made to A. C. Baugher Fund,
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022; U.I.F./Summer Research
Laboratory, University of Illinois Foundation, 1308 W. Green St., Urbana, IL
61801; or Heartland Hospice, 1103 SR 114W, North Manchester, IN 46962.
Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
OBITUARY - Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN) - January 4, 1999

Henry Glade, 78, of 203 N. Sycamore Street, North Manchester, IN, died at his
residence Friday, January 1, 1999.

He was born Oct. 8, 1920 at Koenigsberg East Prussia, Germany to Bruno and Else
(Gottfeld) Glade. He married Shirley A. Hathaway in North Manchester on Nov. 29,
1958.

He was Manchester College Professor Emeritus of German and Russian and Chair of
the Department of Modern Languages. He was a visiting Fellow in the Department
of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University. He was a Senior Exchange
Scholar with the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia, at the Gorki Institute
of World Literature. He also taught at the Slavic Institute of the University of
Cologne, Cologne, Germany. He was a Fulbright Scholar, Ford Foundation Fellow,
and a Research Fellow at the Deutsche Derschungs - Gemeinschaft.

In 1937, he fled Nazi Germany and arrived in the U.S. on July 4, 1940, after
intermediate stays in Italy and Havana, Cuba, where he met Lowel Wright, a North
Manchester native working with the Quakers. Impressed with Henry's intellect,
Mr. Wright arranged for Henry to get a scholarship at Elizabethtown College,
Elizabethtown, PA, where he received a B.A. in 1942. He earned his M.A. and
Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He did post-doctoral studies at the
Indiana University Summer Language Institute and Yale University.

Henry was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in the Civilian Signal Corp
during WW II. He was a member of the Modern Language Association and the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley A. Glade of North Manchester, a sister, Lisa
Matsson of Stockholm, Sweden, a stepbrother, Dr. Michael Levin of London,
England; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, North Manchester,
Thursday, January 7, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Patricia Helman officiating.
Friends may call Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999 from 2 to 7 p.m. at Grandstaff-Hentgen
Bender Chapel, and one hour prior to the Thursday service. Cremation took place
Jan. 5, 1999 at Fort Wayne, IN. Memorials may be made to A. C. Baugher Fund,
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022; U.I.F./Summer Research
Laboratory, University of Illinois Foundation, 1308 W. Green St., Urbana, IL
61801; or Heartland Hospice, 1103 SR 114W, North Manchester, IN 46962.
Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel was in charge of arrangements.


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