Glenn A. Gorby, 88, of 275 East Clark Street, East Palestine, passed away at 4 a.m. at his residence.
Glenn was born July 13, 1922 in Negley, a son of the late Bartlet and Lillian Gertrude (Wilson) Gorby and was a life long resident of the area.
He had been employed at the former NATCO Plant in East Palestine, and later with Hydrotherm in Columbiana, and retired from the East Palestine City Schools as a Custodian in 1985.
Glenn was a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran.
He had been an active member of the American Legion Post 31, and also held memberships in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4579, 40 and 8, And the East Palestine Lodge #417 F. & A.M.
His wife, the former Mercede Pappas, whom he married Aug 7, 1950, preceded him in death April 13, 1999. Five brothers, Harold Gorby Sr., Ray, Wilbert, Roland and Edwin Gorby and three sisters, Helen Minamyer, Myrtle McCoy and Miss Susie Gorby, preceded im in death.
Glenn is survived by two sons, Allen A. Gorby (wife Vicki), and Rick G. Gorby (wife Karen Mackal), both of East Palestine; four brothers, Floyd Gorby of Negley, Lawrence Gorby of New Waterford, and Herman and Clifford Gorby both of Columbiana, and three sisters, Dorothy Hostetter of Rogers, Hazel Ewing of Salem and Florence Barhouse of Bethesda, Maryland. He also leaves five Grandchildren, Tiffeny Jo (Gorby) (husband Chuck) McKee, Abbey E. Gorby, Zachary G. Gorby, Lucas A. Gorby, and Marisa F. Gorby and three Great Grandchildren, Jesse, Justin and Makayla McKee.
The funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Oliver-Linsley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Glennview Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the combined units of the American Legion Post 31 and the Feterans of Foreign Wars Post 4579.
Friends will be received from 6 – 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
The family has asked that material tributes take the form of contributions to the East Palestine Fire Fighters Association.
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