Obituary: William Glenn
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April 26, 1931 – October 16, 2025
William Darby Glenn III M.D, Captain USAF, passed away at his home in Vero Beach, FL October 15, 2025.
Born April 26, 1931 New York City to Cora Pauline (Oates) Glenn and William Darby Glenn Jr. Predeceased by his wife of 58 years Frances Marian (Bondi) Glenn DDS, he is survived by his son William D. Glenn IV MD (Lynn Engelberg Glenn PhD) of Aiken, SC., grandchildren Elizabeth Pauline Glenn PhD of Denver, CO., Paul Darby Glenn (GraceAnne Dukes Glenn) of Atlanta, GA., Sarah Margaret Glenn of Columbia, SC. He is also survived by Patsy Malone, Melanie Love, and Hunter Love of Aspen, CO.
Darby’s early life was spent in Manhattan where his father was a Professor of Psychology at NYU. He was prepared at Tennafly High School, graduating Valedictorian of the class of 1949. He went on to earn an AB from Harvard in 1952 and received his MD from The University of Pennsylvania in 1956 where he met Frances Bondi of Tampa, FL. After graduation and marriage, he completed his intern year at Walter Reed Medical Center and served as a medical officer in the rank of Captain at Eglin Air Force Base from 1957-1959. He completed his residency in Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Miami in 1962, settling in Coral Gables, and practiced for 40 years in South Miami alongside Frances’ pedodontic/orthodontic practice. He was an instrument rated private pilot logging 1200+ hours. A love of skiing and the mountains led them to establish and run the Bicentennial Medical Dental Seminar in Vail creating many Christmas memories and lifelong friends. They retired to Vero Beach in 2002 where they continued operating the Children’s Dental Research Society to expand on Frances’ research on the use of prenatal fluoride supplementation in the prevention of dental caries, funding research at Johns Hopkins and institutions around the world. After Frances’ death in 2014, he began spending summers in Snowmass, CO where he met and fell in love with his forever fiancee Patsy. Both being avid outdoor sports and tennis enthusiasts, they traveled the world making many friends and fond memories together here and abroad. Darby was a patron of the Aspen Music Festival and the Aspen Art Museum. He was a member of the Aspen Smuggler Racquet Club, Snowmass Club, Maroon Creek Club, and attended Christ Episcopal Church. He was a loving, faithful, generous, gracious, and kind husband, father, grandfather, friend, and companion and is dearly missed. A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Vero Beach, FL on Friday November 21 at 3pm with a reception afterwards at The Quail Valley RIver Club. A celebration of life is planned for Aspen/Snowmass in early summer 2026. All who knew and loved Darby are welcome to attend. His remains will be laid to rest in York, SC at a later date. Memorials in his honor may be made to a charitable foundation, institution of education, or faith-based organization of one’s own choosing.
