James F. McGlinn, 73, Tafton, PA died Saturday, December 22, 2007, at 2:45 p.m. in the Reading Hospital in the company of loving family after battling lung cancer since May of 2007.
Born in Reading, PA on November 15, 1934, he was the son of the late John F., Sr. and Elizabeth (Ganly) McGlinn.
Jim attended Reading Central Catholic High School and graduated from St. Vincent Preparatory School, Latrobe, PA in 1952. He graduated from St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia in 1957.
After serving in the U.S. Army Reserves, he was employed by Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, as a teacher, coach and athletic director for 28 years. Subsequently, he owned and operated Liberty Bell Communications in Chestnut Hill, PA.
After spending summers as a camper at the former Camp Lenape on Fairview Lake in Tafton, PA in his youth, Jim continued on as a counselor and head counselor, spending a total of 25 years at the camp.
A recreational pilot, Jim served for a few years as president of Wings Field, a social club for flight enthusiasts near Philadelphia.
Jim's love of nature and the Pocono Mountain area led him to retire in Tafton along Lake Wallenpaupack. A member of St. Veronica's Catholic Church near Tafton, he was a lector and a Eucharistic Minister.
He was an active member of the Tafton Fire Company, serving for a time as president and on the board of directors. He also was active on the Lake Wallenpaupack Lakewatch Association, serving on its board. He was also Flotilla Commander, U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 15-04, Scranton, PA.
Jim also enjoyed ten winters in Bonita Beach, FL.
He is survived by a sister, Betty Anne McGlinn-Strobel, Whitfield; and two brothers, John F. McGlinn, Jr., Naples, FL and Terrence J. McGlinn, Sr., Sinking Spring, PA. Fourteen nieces and nephews also survive him.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday at 10 a.m. in St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Whitfield. Entombment will be in Gethsemane Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., 739 Penn Avenue West Reading, and Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. in St. Ignatius Church. Contributions may be made to McGlinn Cancer Center, c/o Reading Hospital, P.O. Box 16052, Reading, PA 19612 or to Tafton Fire Company, P.O. Box 5, Tafton, PA 18464. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com
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