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Jerome Glazer, 84, the owner and operator of a College Park collection agency, died May 28 of congestive heart failure at his
home in Chevy Chase.
Mr. Glazer, known as Jerry, was born in the District and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1941. As a 17-year-old, he
enlisted in the Marines and spent a Marine-sponsored year at Colgate University until he was old enough to serve actively in the
Pacific. After the war, he received an undergraduate degree in business from the University of Maryland in 1948.
He was called back to active duty by the Marines during the Korean War, serving as a captain. Afterward, he opened Eastern
Credit Co., a District collection agency that he moved to Beltsville. He operated Eastern Credit until the early 1990s, when he
sold the business and bought a home in his favorite place in the world -- Cannes, on the French Riviera.
He enjoyed living on the Mediterranean coast, but he missed working. 'He loved old films, and that's fun for a while,"said his
companion of 16 years, Francine Linde, "but he was so bored, because he had worked so hard all his life."
In 1996, he came back to the United States and opened Chesapeake Credit Inc. in College Park. He worked until January of
this year.
Mr. Glazer was a 60-year member of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia.
His marriage to Kay Glazer ended in divorce.
Survivors include his companion, of Chevy Chase; three children from his marriage, Jeffrey Glazer of Bethesda, Paul Glazer of
Chevy Chase and Shirley Glazer of Seattle; a brother; a sister; and four grandchildren.
-- Joe Holley