OSCAR GLATT, 95

• Nickname: PAPA GLATT
• Added: 07-03-2026
• Died: Nov 3rd, 2004

• Hometown: NEWBURGH MAINE

About OSCAR: NEWBURGH – Oscar B. Glatt, 95, husband of the late Vera (Patterson) Glatt, died Nov. 3, 2004, at his son’s home in Levant. He was born Sept. 10, 1909, in Machias, the son of Oscar B. and Caroline B. (Colson) Glatt Sr. Oscar was employed for 12 years by the Great Northern Paper Co., Greenville and by the South Portland Shipyards for two years from 1941 to 1942. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II serving in France and Germany with the 128th Combat Engineers from 1943 until the end of the war. Oscar worked as a dairy farmer and school bus driver in Hampden from 1948 until 1967 and was a custodial supervisor at BMHI for more than five years. He was a life member of Whitcomb/Baker VFW Post No. 4633, Hampden. Oscar was recognized in Stars & Stripes for his heroic efforts rescuing many children from the tragic circus tent fire in Hartford, Conn. in 1944. Surviving are two children, Terance A. Glatt and his wife, Marcia, of Levant and Nina B. Whittaker of Lubec and Hampden; seven grandchildren, Rhonda Whittaker of Fairfield, Iowa, Lorraine Solomon and her husband, JB of Orrington, Arnold Whittaker and his friend, Sandy Taylor, of Newburgh, Julie Sykes of Newburgh, Garret Glatt and his wife, Crystal, of Levant, Tracy Glatt of Dover, N.H. and Cheryl Glatt of Levant; seven great-grandchildren, David Perfito II, Edward Sykes, Jeremy Whittaker, Shauna, Brian and Amber Glatt and Michalie Larabee; two great-great-grand-children, MiKaella and MiKensey Whittaker; three sisters, Fern Bernard of Cornish, Juanita White of So. Portland, Anne Moore and her husband, Fred, of Bristol, R.I.; several nieces and nephews. He will be remembered by a close friend, Lewis Whittaker of Newburgh. In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by a sister, Ellen Babkirk; and a brother, Carlton Sinford. more... less...

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