Dorothy Haight Glover, grew up here
Dorothy Haight Glover of Newtown, who grew up
in Ridgefield, died Thursday, July 27, at the Bethel Health Care
Center. She was 94 years old and the widow of Walter L. Glover, a
former Newtown selectman and its first fire marshal.
A native of Nutley, N.J., Mrs. Glover was born on Jan. 9, 1906,
the daughter of the late Ernest V. and C. May Hoyt Haight of
Ridgefield. She graduated from Ridgefield High School and, on her
marriage in 1926, moved to Newtown and the family homestead on
Glover Avenue.
Mrs. Glover was a telephone operator in Newtown in the late 1940s
and belonged to Trinity Church there.
Survivors include her daughter, Joan G. Crick of Newtown, a son
Lew W. Glover Sr. of Southbury, a step-daughter, five
grandchildren, two step-grandchildren; nine great grandchildren;
and several nieces and nephews.
The Rev. Nancy Gossling conducted services Tuesday, Aug. 1, at
the Honan Funeral Home in Newtown. Burial was in Newtown Village
Cemetery.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Newtown Ambulance
Association, Box 344, Newtown CT 06470, or the Newtown Hook and
Ladder Company, Box 3911, Newtown CT 06470.