| Bertrum S. Glick |
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Bertrum S. Glick, 87, a retired master sergeant with the U.S. Air Force Band who was also a member of the Singing Sergeants, the official
chorus of the Air Force, died of congestive heart failure Sept. 20 at Fort Washington Medical Center.
Sgt. Glick was a clarinetist, saxophonist and tenor in the military band starting in 1942, when it was the Army Air Forces Band. He
transferred to the Air Force Band when it was formed in 1947 and was an original member of the Singing Sergeants. At the time, members
of the Singing Sergeants were also band musicians, although now they are primarily vocalists.
According to the World War II Memorial Registry, Sgt. Glick performed for troops in England and France in 1944 and 1945 and survived a
V-2 rocket bombing in England in late 1944. In 1960, he graduated from the Strategic Air Command's Noncommissioned Officer Academy.
In the Air Force Band, he played concert tours all over the world, including all the presidential inaugural events. He retired in 1962.
A native Washingtonian, Bertrum Stanley Glick was a graduate of Eastern High School, where he played in the band.
In retirement, he became a salesman at HUB Furniture stores in Washington, a job he held until the early 1980s. He lived in Fort
Washington.
His wife of 59 years, Lenore McCormick Glick, died in 2003. Two of his children died, Marie Glick in 1947 and Dennis Glick in 1999.
Survivors include two sons, Patrick Glick and Brian Glick, both of Fort Washington.
-- Patricia Sullivan
Bertrum S. Glick, 87, a retired master sergeant with the U.S. Air Force Band who was also a member of the Singing Sergeants, the official
chorus of the Air Force, died of congestive heart failure Sept. 20 at Fort Washington Medical Center.
Sgt. Glick was a clarinetist, saxophonist and tenor in the military band starting in 1942, when it was the Army Air Forces Band. He
transferred to the Air Force Band when it was formed in 1947 and was an original member of the Singing Sergeants. At the time, members
of the Singing Sergeants were also band musicians, although now they are primarily vocalists.
According to the World War II Memorial Registry, Sgt. Glick performed for troops in England and France in 1944 and 1945 and survived a
V-2 rocket bombing in England in late 1944. In 1960, he graduated from the Strategic Air Command's Noncommissioned Officer Academy.
In the Air Force Band, he played concert tours all over the world, including all the presidential inaugural events. He retired in 1962.
A native Washingtonian, Bertrum Stanley Glick was a graduate of Eastern High School, where he played in the band.
In retirement, he became a salesman at HUB Furniture stores in Washington, a job he held until the early 1980s. He lived in Fort
Washington.
His wife of 59 years, Lenore McCormick Glick, died in 2003. Two of his children died, Marie Glick in 1947 and Dennis Glick in 1999.
Survivors include two sons, Patrick Glick and Brian Glick, both of Fort Washington.
-- Patricia Sullivan