OBIT: George E. GLUNT, 1950, native of Blair County, PA

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George E. Glunt

  George E. Glunt, aged 43, a native of Altoona and a former well known 
pilot and instructor at the Duncansville airport, died in the 
Coatesville hospital at 7.15 o'clock Saturday morning after a brief 
illness.  He resided in Modena, working as a salesman for the Capital 
Baking company of Coatsville.  
  Mr. Glunt was born in Altoona Nov. 2, 1906, a son of Edward and 
Lillian (Garrett) Glunt, graduating from Altoona High school and 
Carnegie Tech.  For some years he operated the Glunt Construction 
company and the United Flying schools in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio 
and Maryland.  He and his family resided at 707 Twenty-ninth street for 
several years.  
  He entered the army air force as a lieutenant in 1943 and served for 
some months in the ATC in the CBI area, flying the Himalayas, 
subsequently piloting the plane which brought Secretary of State James 
F. Byrnes from the Big Four conference in Paris in 1946.  Rising to the 
rank of captain he was awarded various decorations.  Following the war 
he was employed for several years by commercial airlines.
  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Grace (Ingram) Glunt, and two children, 
Edward, at home and Mrs. Alfred Hanscom of Julian, and two 
grandchildren.  He was a member of the First Baptist church and 32nd 
degree Mason, holding membership in Mountain Lodge, F. and A.M.; the 
Williamsport consistory and Jaffa Shrine.
  The body is being returned to Altoona and friends will be received 
after 9 o'clock tomorrow morning at the N. A. Stevens mortuary.

Altoona Mirror, June 12, 1950

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