Posted on: Tuesday, July 31, 2001

Waimanalo community leader Nancy Glover dead at 47

By Eloise Aguiar
Advertiser Windward Bureau

WAIMANALO — Nancy Glover was born in Illinois, but in the more than 20 years she lived here she became like a sister to the people of Waimanalo's Hawaiian community.

Glover, 47, was a part of the fabric of Waimanalo, said Kekoa Ho, neighborhood board chairman.

"She was among us instead of (just) our friend, all together in the same group." Ho said. "Because she was into everything we were doing."

Glover's death July 25 after an illness was a shock and a big loss to the community, he said.

She involved herself in every aspect of community life. As a neighborhood board member, she took special interests in environmental issues, community safety and how Waimanalo developed.

She had been a member of the board of directors and treasurer for the Waimanalo Health Center since 1993, where she helped build the community garden, not only helping to plan it, but digging and planting, too.

Glover loved Waimanalo, said Michael Buck, her husband.

"She understood that a clean environment, strong community and healthy people were all intertwined and needed one another," Buck said. "She was so grateful that the local community accepted her with warm hearts and love, which strengthened her determination to leave Waimanalo a better place."

Glover held a doctoral degree in soil science and forest genetics. She spent the first part of her career developing new farming techniques internationally. Most recently she was senior program officer for the Secretariat for Conservation Biology at the University of Hawai'i.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her mother, Elsie Glover; and sisters Susan Ring and Diane Terburg.

Memorial services are planned from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Waimanalo Health Center, 41-1347 Kalaniana'ole Highway.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Waimanalo Health Center.