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GLIESMAN -- Robert Joseph Gliesman, 87, of Silver City, passed away in Gila Regional Medical Center Wednesday, November 29, 2006. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday December 4, 2006 at Bright Funeral Home with Elder Dwight Simpson officiating. Interment will full Military Honors by American Legion Post #18 and VFW Post #3347 will be at Ft. Bayard National Cemetery. Mr. Gliesman was born August 22, 1919 in Cambridge, MA. He was the son of William P. and Grace (Clark) Gliesman. He married Gladys Faye Baughman July 11, 1958 in St. Johns, AZ. He is survived by his wife of forty-eight years, Gladys; two step-daughters, Vesta Hobbs of Norton, KS; Edna Whitley of Silver City; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Dotty Clary of Massachusetts. He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers. Mr. Gliesman attended grammar school and vocational school in Cambridge, MA. He was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corp from 1937-1939. In 1939 he joined the Coast Guard, when World War II started in 1941, the U. S. Navy took over the Coast Guard and he continued to sere in the Navy aboard the USS Cavalier. In 1948-1949 he worked with Republic Steel in Cleveland, OH. From 1949 to 1955 He worked for Civil service at the National Aeronautics Research Labs, still in Cleveland, OH, where he was a Lab Technician Mechanic. Moving to Albuquerque in 1956 he worked as a plumber and steam fitter at Kirkland Air Force Base for ten years and at Sandia Labs for eight year. He finished up his Civil Service by working for the Veteran's Administration and retired in 1976. After living in the Los Alamos mountains in a cabin for about three years, they moved to Los Lunas and he began working again, this time for the Los Lunas Consolidated Schools for about seven years doing general maintenance, mainly electrical and installations. They lived in Deming, Mimbres, and Hurley, NM and then came to Silver City in 1998. Mr. Gliesman was a baptized member of the Presbyterian Church and very active in the American Legion Post #18 and supported the Disabled American Veterans. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Legion Post #18, P.O. Box 1464, Silver City, NM 88062. Bright Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
        Published on: Fri December 01, 2006