David Glendinning

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – David Glendinning, 87, died peacefully on Sept. 25, 2023, after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer.

David was born in Lawrence, Mass. on July 14, 1936. He grew up in Andover, Mass. and attended Phillips Academy, then Dartmouth College, graduating in 1958. He attended the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass. and was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1960. He married Priscilla Jackson in 1961 and raised three children in Southwest Harbor and Waterville, Maine. In 1982 he married his second wife, Dorothy, and they enjoyed 38 years together before her death in 2020.

David’s life work and greatest passion was as an Episcopal priest. He led parishes in Southwest Harbor, Waterville and Concord, N.H.; he was devoted to his parishioners and to the work of the church, continuing until 2019 to visit UVM Medical Center patients on behalf of the Episcopal Church.

David was a lifelong lover and supporter of the arts and theatre. He was very active in community theatre, especially with the Freeport Players and the Portland Stage Company.

David was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy Glendinning. He leaves behind his daughters Jennifer (Jeffy) Usher and husband Jim of Essex, Vt., Deb Light and husband John of Burlington, Vt., son Matt Glendinning and wife Katherine of New Haven, Conn., stepson Rob Macklin of Jericho, Vt.; as well as grandchildren Nicole Egan and husband Gerard, Colby Hamilton, Hannah Light and Maddie Light; and great grandson Desmond Egan. David is also survived by his sister Amy Glendinning of Andover, Mass. and her partner Elaine Schofield; step daughter-in-law Stephanie Macklin of Framingham, Mass.; and step granddaughters Lilly and Sophie Macklin.

A funeral service is planned for David on Friday Oct. 20 at 4:00 p.m. at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 2 Cherry St, Burlington, Vt.

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Donations in David’s

honor can be made to: Episcopal Relief and Development