Ellen A. Glasbrenner, 78, of Burgundy Circle, Red Hill, and formerly of Conyngham, PA and Cambridge, Wisconsin, died June 20, 2010.

She was the wife of Stanley N. Glasbrenner.  They were married 54 years last July.  Born in New Britain, Connecticut, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Florence (Kilbourne) Nelson.

She was the valedictorian of the class of 1950, Plainville High School, Connecticut, and a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in Education and Chemistry.  She was a chemist in various labs throughout her lifetime.

She was currently a member of Pennsburg United Church of Christ, and was a former member of the United Methodist Church in Conyngham, PA and Grace Lutheran Church in Cambridge, Wisconsin.  She was a former member of the Lioness Club in Conyngham.

She enjoyed crafts of all kinds, especially needle crafts.  She enjoyed quilting, cross stitching, and sewing.  She often sewed matching outfits for herself, her daughter, and her daughter’s dolls as she was growing up.  She canned and made fruit jellies.  She played the piano her entire life, and participated in the church choirs.  She enjoyed playing bridge and other card games.  She was an avid reader.  She enjoyed playing golf; and participated in and organized aerobics classes wherever she lived.  She loved the ocean, and spent many summers at Great Hammock Beach, Connecticut; later in life, she vacationed in Florida.  She enjoyed walking the sandbars, watching the sunrise, and listening to the sounds of the ocean.

 Surviving, with her husband, are children:  William A. Glasbrenner, of Fairless Hills, Patricia Ann, wife of Mark Rooney, of Lafayette Hill, and David N. Glasbrenner, and his wife, Barbara, of Frostburg, Maryland; sisters:  Dorothy Stephenson, of Plainville, Connecticut and Nancy Loring, of Hemphill, Texas; and six grandchildren:  Samantha, James, Daniel, Sara, Steven, and Andrew.  She was predeceased by siblings:  Alice, Arthur, and Judson.

Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at the Messiah United Methodist Church, 527 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill. Friends may call on Thursday from 10:30 a.m. until services at the church.  The Falk Funeral Homes & Crematory, Pennsburg, is in charge of the arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the ECD (Erdheim-Chester Disease) Global Alliance, c/o Ralph Stallard, 6375 Thomas Jefferson Hwy, Charlotte Courthouse, VA  23923.

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