Kent Robert Mcglincy

Kent Robert McGlincy, formerly of Champion, PA passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 near his home in Sebring, Florida.

He was preceded in death by his parents Virginia and Joseph McGlincy of Butler, PA and is survived by his daughter Meridith McGlincy and husband Abdul of Salt Lake City, UT, son Kent McGlincy Jr. and wife Jennifer of Denver, CO, granddaughter Pippa McGlincy of Denver, CO and brother Thomas McGlincy and wife Margaret of Glendale, AZ. He is also survived by the mother of Meridith and Kent, Linda Belle McGlincy of Champion, PA.

Born in Butler, PA on March 3, 1943, he swam, skied, marched, drove, rode and flew around the world throughout an adventurous life that served as the background for short and tall tales that he boisterously shared with his family, friends and strangers alike.

As a state champion swimmer at Butler High School, TKE fraternity brother at Parsons College in Iowa, ski school instructor at 7 Springs Mountain Resort in PA and United States Army Vietnam Veteran, Kent created camaraderie everywhere he went and was rewarded as such with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals of honor when he retired from active duty in 1968.

Kent will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, July 25, 2016 at 9:00 am.  Those wishing to attend the service please arrive 30 minutes early at the Administration Building in your vehicles. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his memory to The Veterans of Foreign Wars at http://heroes.vfw.org/goto/kentmcglincy