Obituary of Monte Glovinsky

5/21/1927 - 9/14/2024

Monte Glovinsky passed away on Saturday, September 14 at his home in Denver, Colorado.  He was 97 years old.

Monte was born in Detroit, Michigan, one of 4 siblings of Isadore Glovinsky, who immigrated from Pabianice, Poland and Eva (Pleeter) Glovinsky from New York City’s Lower East Side.  When he was young the family moved to Utica, New York, where Monte grew up.  He graduated from high school and enlisted in the Army in 1945, serving in the Army Air Force 6^th Weather Squadron stationed at Albrook Field, Canal Zone, Panama.  His Army experience determined his future career as a weatherman.  After his discharge in 1946 he returned to Utica, enrolling at Utica College and finding his sweetheart Dolores, whom he married in 1948.  After two years he joined the National Weather Service at their headquarters in Washington D.C.  In 1955 he relocated as a weather forecaster for Albany airport in Albany, New York, and after five years he transferred to Logan Airport in Boston as the Fire Weather forecaster for the New England Region. He retired in1984 after a distinguished career, including authoring a technical memorandum on spraying procedures for Maine’s spruce budworms, and being awarded a Bronze Medal for Superior Federal Service for developing an outstanding fire weather program for New England. 

After retiring, Monte took on a second career in education.  He attended the Midcareer Math and Science programme at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, earning an EDM (Master of Education) in 1985. (He completed his BA in 1982 through correspondence courses from the University of Albany.)  In 1986 he and Dolores moved to Denver, Colorado, following their daughter Janet, and worked for the next 25 years as a substitute math teacher for the Denver, Cherry Creek and Aurora school systems.

Mathematics was Monte’s passion.  During the family’s annual visits to Puerto Vallarta, one could usually find him on the beach working on calculus problems.  He was a big fan of the Fibonacci sequence, explaining it to anyone in earshot.  His passion transferred to bridge and especially chess, which he taught his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  He was also a big proponent of what the family called “dad jokes,” which unbeknown to them was apparently so common among dads that volumes of them can now be found on Amazon.

He was well-known for his humor, always coming up with a disarming retort.  (When someone asked him “Nice day, isn’t it?”  He would reply “I don’t like to talk shop!”)  He kept this up until his final days (“What’s new?” “New York, New Jersey”, etc.).  It was the essence of his nature – quiet-spoken, always positive, satisfied with his life, and bringing sunshine into every conversation.

He loved his family – his own, his siblings and their children – and they loved him back.  He will be dearly missed and long remembered.

Monte leaves behind a son Steve, daughter Janet, Steve’s son Mac and daughter Joanna; Mac’s daughter Marlowe; Janet’s son Matthew and daughters Eva and Jennie, and Eva’s children Isadora and (little) Monte.  Monte’s wife Dolores died in 2020.

A Memorial service will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery on Friday, September 27th at 9:30am. Meet at 9:15am at Fort Logan's staging area B.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).