Judge Glenn McDonald

Published 12:00 am Monday, June 20, 2011

GLASGOW — Judge Glenn McDonald, 76, passed away June 19, 2011, in Glasgow, surrounded by family.

The Burkesville native was born May 20, 1935. He was the second of two children born to Margie and Charlie McDonald. He was a retired judge, loving husband and father and explorer of back roads and country lanes. He moved to Louisville in 1964 to attend the University of Louisville School of Law at nights while working at Dupont. He received his juris doctorate and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1963. He was appointed quarterly court judge in 1970, presiding over the newly created Ecology Court as the first ecology court judge in America. He was elected county commissioner in 1972 and served on the Jefferson County Fiscal Court until 1978, when he was elected to the Jefferson District Court bench, where he served until he retired in 1998. He then took to the road, traveling the country for small towns and villages, collecting antique toys and novelties. He served on the board of the Antique Toy Collectors of America. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Lois Powell.

Funeral is at 2 p.m. Tuesday at A.F. Crow & Son Funeral Home, with burial in Happy Valley Memorial Gardens. Visitation begins at 5 p.m. today and at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Kid’s Hope, c/o First United Methodist Church, 500 S. Green St., Glasgow, KY 42141.

Survivors include his wife, Alice; a daughter, Michel McDonald; four nephews, Brett, Richard, Mark and Timothy Powell; and six great-nieces and great-nephews, Meagan, Curry, Joshua, Jesse, Mikayla and Alex Powell.