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Deceased Classmate: Glen Kerslake class of 1965
Date Of Birth: 07-26-1945
Date Deceased: 10-18-2011
Age at Death: 64
Cause of Death: cancer
Classmate City: Tucson
Classmate State: AZ
Classmate Country: USA
Survived By: Daughter Amy Lefco and her two children Parker and Cooper and her significant other Kendell Bridgewater, son David Kerslake and his wife Tessie, brother John Kerslake
Glen William Kerslake passed away on October 18, 2011, in the arms of his close friends after a short illness. Glen was an active real estate executive and entrepreneur for more than 35 years. His background was in land development, multi-family and single family residential and office construction. Recently he co-founded Ekobuilt, Inc. which provided sustainable energy-efficient walls for residential and commercial construction. Prior to that he ran his own consulting firm and for a decade he was President of Contravest Properties in both Dallas and then Tucson. He was very active in the Tucson community serving on the Boards of the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus, the Davis-Monthan 50- the Base Community Support Organization where he was a Community Wingman and Honorary Squadron Commander. He was a member of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, a member of the Naval Special Warfare Foundation, the Arizona Governor’s Task Force on Sustainable State Parks Funding, the Arizona Starbase Academy, and the National Apartment Association. He was very proud of his involvement with these organizations and dedicated to community service. Glen was born July 26, 1947 in Albany, NY to William L. and Alice Jean Kerslake. He is survived by a loving family including his daughter Amy Lefco and her partner Kendell Bridgewater, his grandchildren Cooper and Parker Lefco from Jupiter, Florida, his son David Kerslake and his wife Tessie from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, his brother John and his two sons Patrick and Matthew and Patrick’s wife Liz from San Francisco, his aunt Gay Townsend from Palm Beach Gardens, his cousin Gail Eissey, her husband Michael II and their son Michael III of North Palm Beach, Florida, his cousin David Townsend and his wife Jill and their children Scott and Renick from Wellington, Florida. He leaves behind a legacy of family, community service and hundreds of friends in the Community. He will be missed by all.
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Brenda Joy Stiles (Pelfrey) (1965)
I met Glen in 1959 when I moved to Riviera and was the new kid at RBHS. He was my first boyfriend in 8th and 9th grade. We were crowned King & Queen at the Twirp dance. The dance was a yearly Junior High School event in which girls asks boys. We even dressed alike. HA!! Glen was a great guy and we remained friends all thru high school. We saw each other periodically thru the years at reunions and such but unfortunately not in many years. After learning of his illness we were able to email each other and say good bye. Glen, my friend you will be missed. Brenda Stiles Pelfrey "65"
Sheila Bricker (Kerslake) (1965)
GLEN WILLIAM KERSLAKE Glen William Kerslake passed away on October 18, 2011, in the arms of his close friends after a short illness. Glen was an active real estate executive andentrepreneur for more than 35 years. His background was in land development , multi-family and single family residential and office construction. Recently he co-founded Ekobuilt, Inc. which provided sustainable energy-efficient walls for residential and commercial construction . Prior to that he ran his own consulting firm and for a decade he was President of Contravest Properties in both Dallas and then Tucson. He was very active in the Tucson community serving on the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus, the Davis-Monthan 50 - the Base Community Support Organization where he was a Community Wingman and Honorary Squadron Commander. He was a member of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, a member of the Naval Special Warfare Foundation, the Arizona Governor's Task Force on Sustainable State Parks Funding, the Arizona Starbase Academy, and the National Apartment Association. He was very proud of his involvement with these organizations and dedicated to community service. Glen was born July 26, 1947 in Albany, NY to William L. and Alice Jean Kerslake. He is survived by a loving family including his daughter, Amy Lefco and her partner, Kendell Bridgewater; his grandchildren, Cooper and Parker Lefco from Jupiter, FL; his son, David Kerslake and his wife, Tessie from Palm Beach Gardens, FL; his brother, John and his two sons, Patrick and Matthew and Patrick's wife, Liz, from San Francisco, CA; his aunt Gay Townsend from Palm Beach Gardens, FL; his cousin, Gail Eissey, her husband, Michael II, and their son, Michael of North Palm Beach, FL; his cousin, David Townsend and his wife, Jill and their children, Scott and Renick from Wellington, FL. He leaves behind a legacy of family, community service and hundreds of friends in the Community. He will be missed by all. A celebration of his life will be held on January 21, 2012 at the Abacoa Martinique Clubhouse at 4:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a contribution to Glen's favorite organizations. Davis-Monthan 50, DM 50, Attn: Glen Kerslake Memorial, 6057 E. Grant Rd, Tucson AZ 85715; Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus, c/o Dr. Julian Ackerley, 5770 E. Pima Street, Tucson, AZ 85712 (520) 296-6277 To express condolences and/or make donations Visit PalmBeachPost.com/obituaries