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| Glen M. McGinnis |
July 09, 2015
Glen M. McGinnis peacefully entered into rest at home surrounded by his loving family on July 5th, 2015. He was born in Cornwall Hospital to Phoebe and Glen F. McGinnis on June 21, 1934. Glen was a retired teacher of 39 years, 35 of which were spent in the Cornwall Central School District at Willow Avenue School.
Glen graduated from Cornwall-on-Hudson High School in 1952. He continued his education at SUNY Cortland and Orange County Community College and graduated from SUNY Brockport with a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1957. He taught in Guilderland Central and Vails Gate Elementary School the first four years of his career. While at Vails Gate, he was a volunteer football coach at Cornwall Central School District until he was hired as a teacher and coach in 1961. Glen coached various sports at all levels for the rest of his tenure including girls modified soccer in the fall season of 2014 before he became ill. Glen served as JV and Varsity baseball coach for 13 seasons earning the OCIAA Baseball Coach of the Year in 1969. He coached boys soccer for one season, girls modified soccer for 15 years in addition to coaching JV softball for 19 seasons. Glen’s true passion was for basketball, coaching for 24 seasons. His teams finished 21-0 in 1971-1972 and 21-0 in 1973. The Times Herald Record named him Coach of the Year in 1972. The New York Daily News named him Coach of the Year in 1972 and again in 1973. He became Interim Varsity Girls Basketball Coach for Monroe Woodbury in 1987-88 which was an experience he thoroughly enjoyed. Since 1988, Glen has served as CCHS Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach. In 2009, the CCSD honored him by renaming the Holiday Tournament “The Glen M. McGinnis Holiday Tournament”. Glen was inducted into the SUNY Brockport Hall of Fame as a member of the 1955 National Champion Soccer Team.
Glen loved his church, family, country and Cornwall community and served it in many ways. He was a weekly Communicant at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church. He served as a director of summer programs for both the Town of Cornwall and The Village of Cornwall -on-Hudson. He was the director of the Cornwall Town Pool and taught swimming and lifeguard certification for many years. He also was a founding member of the Cornwall Swim Team and Little League Committee. Glen was blessed with the talent of connecting to all people but especially children and young people. He once stated in an interview “that you have to let kids know that you care.” He was a former member of Storm King Engine Company #2 and Cornwall Lions Club, and a current member of the Cornwall Historical Society. Glen championed the passing of the school budgets for quality education and athletics.
Glen was especially proud of his children and their spouses and was rewarded by their tender care during this long illness. Glen was a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather and great- grandfather. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Margaret Flannery McGinnis, his children Mary Ann and Stephen Adamo, Sheila and Christopher Marhefka, Glen (Michael) and Ann Marie McGinnis, Catherine (Kitty) and Gary Fiorello, Matthew and Kim McGinnis, his grandchildren, Robert, Jessica, Amanda, Christopher and Renee, Heather and Casey, Nicholas, Shaun, Mia and Luciano and great-grandchildren Robert Jr., Abbygail and soon to be born “Spike.” He is also survived by his brother Brigadier General David McGinnis and his wife Charlotte, cousins Barbara and Larry Kimball, Donald Boger, sisters- in- law, Theresa Hoffman, Joan Flannery, Regina Flannery and Karen Flannery as well as many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank Drs. Bambino and Diamond for their dedication and care as well as the nurses of Willcare and Hospice.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 10th from 3-8 pm at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, 340 Hudson Street, Cornwall- on- Hudson, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, July 11th at 11 am at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church. Interment will follow in St. Thomas Cemetery.
Due to the location of the visitation, the family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations in Glen’s memory be made to Cornwall Community Foundation PO Box 47, Cornwall, NY 12518 or to the SUNY Orange Foundation, 175 South Street Middletown, NY 10940.
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The Town of Cornwall was truly blessed to have this magnificent man looking after its children all these years. The seeds he planted in his life will continue to serve the community for many years to come. RIP Coach.
posted by Philip Connolly on 07/09/15 at 5:37 PM
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