Glendine V. {Glennie} Jett
August 9, 1931 — November 10, 2008
Glendine V. Glennie Jett of Thurmont, Maryland and formerly of Walkersville peacefully passed away with her family at her side on Monday, November 10, 2008.
She was born August 9, 1931 in Crellin, Maryland and graduated from Washington Irving High School in 1950. She was the daughter of the late Ray E. Sanders and Dorothy Fries Sanders.
Mrs. Jett worked for the Frederick County Public School System for 18 years. She started at Walkersville Elementary School and moved to Walkersville B Building when it first opened to 4th and 5th graders.
Glennie was a member of Walkersville United Methodist Church, the Retired Teacher's Association, Garrett County Historical Society, and the Order of Eastern Star, Clarksburg, WV.
She is survived by Harry Edward Jett, whom she married August 1, 1959; a son, Bruce E. Jett; daughter-in-law, Via Jett; daughter, Cynthia D. Jett; son-in-law, Kevin T. Folk; and seven grandchildren, Autumn, Avery, Elyse, Garrett, Samuel, Sanders, and Tristan; one step-grandson, Matthew.
Also surviving are two brothers, Carlton and Harry Sanders, both of Clarksburg, West Virginia; and three sisters, Mary Lear, Sykesville, Maryland, Janet Kaiser, Walkersville, Maryland, and Norma Jean Weekley, Williamstown, West Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Edward Ayers; three brothers, Herbert Sanders, Harold Sanders, and Ray Sanders; and two grandsons, Zachary Edward Jett and Thomas Edward Jett-Folk.
Visitation: Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m on Wednesday, November 12, at the Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, Maryland.
Services: Services will be held at 10 a.m on Thursday November 13, at the funeral home with the Rev. Steven Humphrey presiding. Her final resting place will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her name to the American Lung Association, 14435 Cherry Lane Court, Suite 310, Laurel, MD 20707.