Glenda C. Dunham


NORTH CANAAN - Glenda C. Dunham, 84, of Prospect Street, died at Geer Nursing Home on Jan. 18, 2008, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was the wife of Robert Dunham.

Glenda was born in Portland, Maine, on July 27, 1923, the daughter of the late Muriel (Johnson) and Philip Lowell.

Her first husband, Arbor Lovely, died in 1944 in World War II while she was pregnant with twin girls. She later married Robert Dunham and moved to Connecticut in 1957 with her twins and two sons. She worked many years at the Colonial Theater in North Canaan. She enjoyed sewing, upholstering and caning chairs. Years ago she sang for the church choir.

She spent many summers on Swan Island, Maine, with her husband and visiting children. Among her favorite activities in Maine were talking with neighbors, doing jigsaw puzzles, walking to the lighthouse, picking berries and watching the boats in the harbor.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her two daughters, Diana Holcomb and her husband, Parks, of Norway, Maine, and Deborah Smith of Winsted; two sons, Robert Dunham of North Canaan and Philip Dunham and his wife, Cathy, of East Canaan; a sister, Donna Ricker and her husband, Elliot, of Florida; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her brothers, Robert Lowell and Thomas Piscak.

Funeral services were celebrated Jan. 23 at the Kenny Funeral Home in Sharon. Burial will be in Forrest City Cemetery in South Portland, Maine.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Canaan Fire Dept. or the Canaan Ambulance.

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