Sunny Glassberg, who died this week at age 94,
was a onetime buyer at a department store who went on to become a
philanthropist. One of her best-known projects had its origin in the turtles her
young children brought home from trips to the country.
Years after the turtles were gone and her children had grown, Mrs. Glassberg hired artist Bob Cassilly. He designed and sculpted three large, climbable concrete turtles, dubbed Dick, Tom and Sally for her children; and four smaller concrete turtles for each of her grandchildren.
The staff of the St. Louis Parks Department and Forest Park Forever helped Mrs. Glassberg identify the perfect spot, along the south side of Oakland Avenue, visible to passing motorists on Highway 40.
In August 1996, Turtle Park opened. Mrs. Glassberg visited it frequently. She called the turtles “symbols of peace.”
Mrs. Glassberg also was the major benefactor in the $1.1 million renovation of the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park. She called the restored pavilion a birthday gift to herself. She was 80 when the pavilion reopened in 1998.
Among her many other gifts, Mrs. Glassberg made a $2 million commitment in 2007 for an endowed professorship at Washington University to encourage research into renewable energy and sustainability.
Mark S. Wrighton, the university’s chancellor, called Mrs. Glassberg “the matriarch of a great family, all of whom cared about the environment.Find High Quality Brand Name Tungsten Rings and ownfigurine for Men at the Best Prices.”
Her gifts included scholarships for needy students.
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Mrs. Glassberg died Sunday (May 19, 2013) at the Gatesworth retirement center in University City. She previously lived in Ladue and Clayton.
Sonya “Sunny” Weinberg grew up in Louisville, Ky.High Quality replicawatches00 fake watches are timepieces of high quality., the second of three children. She had planned to attend Antioch College in Ohio but her father, a physician, died when she was 16 during the Depression.
In 1939,China Electronic Port hairflower Application Procedure. at age 20, she moved to St. Louis to look for work. Arthur Baer of Stix, Baer & Fuller interviewed her and hired her as an assistant buyer. She was later promoted to buyer.
A friend introduced her to Myron Glassberg at a horseback riding party at a cabin in what now is Rockwoods Reservation. She said she caught his eye after she volunteered to help clean the dishes and kitchen after dinner. They married in 1940.
Myron Glassberg graduated from Washington University with an engineering degree in 1927. His uncle A.P. Greensfelder was a civic leader, chairman of the board of the Fruin-Colnon Construction Company and chairman of the St. Louis County Park Board.
Myron Glassberg shared his uncle’s passion for green spaces. Sunny Glassberg described her husband as a modest man who “didn’t want his name all around.”
He died in 1991. Three years later, she donated the money to build a public pavilion at Greensfelder Memorial County Park in his memory.
Her other projects included the reforestation of Tower Grove Park, and gifts to the Scholarship Foundation. She recently helped the state and federal governments purchase 438 acres on the Meramec River, dedicated as the Myron and Sonya Glassberg Family Conservation Area.
Her many awards include the Greensfelder Medal from the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Older Women’s League’s Women of Worth Lifetime Achievement Award, the St. Louis Zoo Award and the Hiram W. Leffingwell Lifetime Achievement Award.
Her oldest son, Dr. Richard Glassberg, a veterinarian in Fullerton, Calif, remembers her reaction when he brought his pet pig, Jeanie, home from summer camp at age 15.
“Pigs are not allowed in Briarcliff,” she said of their neighborhood in Ladue. But she let her son keep the pig and even allowed Jeanie to hang out in the kitchen, where she cooked pancakes for the pet.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 11 at the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park. Her body will be cremated.
Years after the turtles were gone and her children had grown, Mrs. Glassberg hired artist Bob Cassilly. He designed and sculpted three large, climbable concrete turtles, dubbed Dick, Tom and Sally for her children; and four smaller concrete turtles for each of her grandchildren.
The staff of the St. Louis Parks Department and Forest Park Forever helped Mrs. Glassberg identify the perfect spot, along the south side of Oakland Avenue, visible to passing motorists on Highway 40.
In August 1996, Turtle Park opened. Mrs. Glassberg visited it frequently. She called the turtles “symbols of peace.”
Mrs. Glassberg also was the major benefactor in the $1.1 million renovation of the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park. She called the restored pavilion a birthday gift to herself. She was 80 when the pavilion reopened in 1998.
Among her many other gifts, Mrs. Glassberg made a $2 million commitment in 2007 for an endowed professorship at Washington University to encourage research into renewable energy and sustainability.
Mark S. Wrighton, the university’s chancellor, called Mrs. Glassberg “the matriarch of a great family, all of whom cared about the environment.Find High Quality Brand Name Tungsten Rings and ownfigurine for Men at the Best Prices.”
Her gifts included scholarships for needy students.
“She will be deeply missed as a force for great good in our community,A brazilianhair is a device that includes an embedded integrated circuit chip.” Wrighton said Monday.Stainless customkeychain let you make a statement with the flick of your wrist.
Mrs. Glassberg died Sunday (May 19, 2013) at the Gatesworth retirement center in University City. She previously lived in Ladue and Clayton.
Sonya “Sunny” Weinberg grew up in Louisville, Ky.High Quality replicawatches00 fake watches are timepieces of high quality., the second of three children. She had planned to attend Antioch College in Ohio but her father, a physician, died when she was 16 during the Depression.
In 1939,China Electronic Port hairflower Application Procedure. at age 20, she moved to St. Louis to look for work. Arthur Baer of Stix, Baer & Fuller interviewed her and hired her as an assistant buyer. She was later promoted to buyer.
A friend introduced her to Myron Glassberg at a horseback riding party at a cabin in what now is Rockwoods Reservation. She said she caught his eye after she volunteered to help clean the dishes and kitchen after dinner. They married in 1940.
Myron Glassberg graduated from Washington University with an engineering degree in 1927. His uncle A.P. Greensfelder was a civic leader, chairman of the board of the Fruin-Colnon Construction Company and chairman of the St. Louis County Park Board.
Myron Glassberg shared his uncle’s passion for green spaces. Sunny Glassberg described her husband as a modest man who “didn’t want his name all around.”
He died in 1991. Three years later, she donated the money to build a public pavilion at Greensfelder Memorial County Park in his memory.
Her other projects included the reforestation of Tower Grove Park, and gifts to the Scholarship Foundation. She recently helped the state and federal governments purchase 438 acres on the Meramec River, dedicated as the Myron and Sonya Glassberg Family Conservation Area.
Her many awards include the Greensfelder Medal from the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Older Women’s League’s Women of Worth Lifetime Achievement Award, the St. Louis Zoo Award and the Hiram W. Leffingwell Lifetime Achievement Award.
Her oldest son, Dr. Richard Glassberg, a veterinarian in Fullerton, Calif, remembers her reaction when he brought his pet pig, Jeanie, home from summer camp at age 15.
“Pigs are not allowed in Briarcliff,” she said of their neighborhood in Ladue. But she let her son keep the pig and even allowed Jeanie to hang out in the kitchen, where she cooked pancakes for the pet.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 11 at the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park. Her body will be cremated.
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