| Betty Batchelder Glicket |
| HOME PAGE |
Betty Batchelder Glickert Betty Batchelder Glickert, 87,
beloved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother passed away
peacefully on December 11, 2010.
Betty was born on July 24, 1923, in Washington, DC,
to Marine Lieutenant Merton Jennings Batchelder and
Katherine Jolliffe Batchelder. She married Marine Major
Robert Winslow Glickert on October 23, 1948. They were married 61 years.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents and sister, Beverly.
Betty graduated from McKinley Tech High School in Washington, DC, and
attended the Peabody Institute to study music. She graduated from the
Washington School for Secretaries and was working at Headquarters Marine
Corps in Arlington, VA, when she met Bob.
She volunteered with the American Red Cross for over forty years and was
an active member of the Officers' Wives' Club where she made lifelong friends.
After living in Upper Marlboro, MD, and Annapolis, MD, she moved to
Riderwood Retirement Community in Silver Spring, MD, in 2006 and later to
Austin, TX, in 2008.
She is survived by her brother, Merton J. Batchelder Jr; her son William and
wife Barbara; her son Robert and wife Anita; her daughter Kathy and husband
John R. Allen (LtGen, USMC); and her son James and wife Cindy; nine
grandchildren, Keith Glickert and wife Audrey, Bobby Glickert, Michael Glickert,
Betty Allen Wightman and husband Sam, Bobbie Allen, Charles Tytler, Samantha
Sunne, Georgia Glickert and Gunnar Glickert; and one great grandchild, Claire
Glickert.
Betty was a devoted wife, daughter, and mother and often referred to her
husband, Bob, as the love of her life and her best friend. She will always be
remembered for her effervescent smile, the sparkle in her eyes, and her
enthusiastic, positive attitude. Betty loved helping others -- even when her own
health was failing. She was slow to anger and to complain wasn't in her
vocabulary. The legacy she leaves behind will forever be in our hearts and minds.
Her death was peaceful, she was in a state of grace and her family was with her
as she departed this world.
Visitation will take place at Harrell Funeral Home, 4435 Frontier Trail,
Austin, TX, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Thursday, December 16, 2010.
There will be a service in Virginia at the Ft. Myer Chapel in January, and she will
be laid to rest beside her husband, Colonel Robert Glickert, USMC, in Arlington
National Cemetery following the service.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to The
Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
Published in Austin American-Statesman on December 14, 2010
beloved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother passed away
peacefully on December 11, 2010.
Betty was born on July 24, 1923, in Washington, DC,
to Marine Lieutenant Merton Jennings Batchelder and
Katherine Jolliffe Batchelder. She married Marine Major
Robert Winslow Glickert on October 23, 1948. They were married 61 years.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents and sister, Beverly.
Betty graduated from McKinley Tech High School in Washington, DC, and
attended the Peabody Institute to study music. She graduated from the
Washington School for Secretaries and was working at Headquarters Marine
Corps in Arlington, VA, when she met Bob.
She volunteered with the American Red Cross for over forty years and was
an active member of the Officers' Wives' Club where she made lifelong friends.
After living in Upper Marlboro, MD, and Annapolis, MD, she moved to
Riderwood Retirement Community in Silver Spring, MD, in 2006 and later to
Austin, TX, in 2008.
She is survived by her brother, Merton J. Batchelder Jr; her son William and
wife Barbara; her son Robert and wife Anita; her daughter Kathy and husband
John R. Allen (LtGen, USMC); and her son James and wife Cindy; nine
grandchildren, Keith Glickert and wife Audrey, Bobby Glickert, Michael Glickert,
Betty Allen Wightman and husband Sam, Bobbie Allen, Charles Tytler, Samantha
Sunne, Georgia Glickert and Gunnar Glickert; and one great grandchild, Claire
Glickert.
Betty was a devoted wife, daughter, and mother and often referred to her
husband, Bob, as the love of her life and her best friend. She will always be
remembered for her effervescent smile, the sparkle in her eyes, and her
enthusiastic, positive attitude. Betty loved helping others -- even when her own
health was failing. She was slow to anger and to complain wasn't in her
vocabulary. The legacy she leaves behind will forever be in our hearts and minds.
Her death was peaceful, she was in a state of grace and her family was with her
as she departed this world.
Visitation will take place at Harrell Funeral Home, 4435 Frontier Trail,
Austin, TX, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Thursday, December 16, 2010.
There will be a service in Virginia at the Ft. Myer Chapel in January, and she will
be laid to rest beside her husband, Colonel Robert Glickert, USMC, in Arlington
National Cemetery following the service.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to The
Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
Published in Austin American-Statesman on December 14, 2010
