Born: 11/22/1944 Shawnee, OK Died: 04/13/2026 Seattle, WA Details of service: A Celebration of Life is planned in Stowe, VT on August 2. Gordon Kingsmill Glass died in Seattle on April 13, 2026, age 81. His death was due to complications following a heart attack The eld er son of David and Harriet “Happy” Glass, Gordon grew up in the West Hartford, Connecticut area, attending Amity Regional High School. He joined the US Air Force out of high school and went to Southeast Asia. Following the war he moved to Burlington, Vermont to attend Champlain College. Later he moved to Massachusetts and went to work at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He worked in Ocean Engineering from 1973 to 1987, eventually becoming the Department Executive. In that capacity he flew to Newfoundland in 1985 to receive the film of the discovery of the Titanic from Bob Ballard. In 1987 he relocated to Seattle and the Applied Physics Lab at the University of Washington where he was the Executive Assistant to the Director until his retirement in 2011. In retirement Gordon became a potter, particularly enjoying wood-firing clay. He eventually settled in Gulfport, Florida. Gordon is survived by his son Ben (Jen) of WA and his daughter Jill (Jason) of MA, of whom he was very proud, and two grandchildren he adored, Antonio and Elizabeth of MA, sister Nancy (Spyro) Angelopoulos of CT, brother Dickson (Mary) Glass of VT. He leaves his nieces and nephews Hilary Ann Love Glass and Matthew (Lindsey Willis) Glass of VT, Margo (Diana Davis) Angelopoulos of NH and Athanasios “Saki” Angelopoulos of CT, and his cousin Will (Tina) Shakespeare of VT. Great-nieces Poppy Glass and Navy Davis and great-nephew Jacob Angelopoulos also survive him. His extended family includes step-sisters Anne MacLeod of VT and Lauren MacLeod of MA. Gordon is also survived by his former wife, the Rev. Dr. Joyce Caggiano of MA. He leaves his best friends Mary Gregory, Dicky Allison, Charles Bennet, John and Lydia Miller, his buddies in the Barnyard Bunglers of the Bourne Farm and his morning crew in Gulfport. Read the story on VTDigger here: Gordon Kingsmill Glass. ...read more read less