Obituary

Martin joseph glasser passed away on sunday august 16, 2015, surrounded by his wife and greatest love, cookie rotgin glasser, and by his children, brian, michael and kristy, together the most important people and focus of his life. Marty was born in charleston, west virginia, on april 29, 1943, the only child of louis and sylvia glasser, of blessed memory.  he was raised in an extraordinarily loving home surrounded by his parents, grandparents and numerous aunts and uncles. Marty graduated from charleston high school in 1961, received his undergraduate degree from west virginia university, in 1966, and his doctor of jurisprudence degree, in 1969, from the west virginia college of law.  in law school, marty was associate editor of the law review and graduated as a member of the order of the coif.  his academic achievements earned him a place at harvard law school, from which he received a masters in law degree, in 1970.  marty returned to charleston in 1970 and practiced law in the firm of lewis, casey, glasser and rollins for forty-five years. Marty loved the law and devoted himself to excellence in his profession.  he was proud to help people solve their most complex problems and regarded his job as a noble pursuit worthy of his full intellectual attention.  he was very proud to have played a key role in as chairman of the state bar’s building committee in the construction of the new state bar center. In addition to his work with the state bar, marty was dedicated in his service to the broader community and over the years served on the boards of the west virginia chapter of the american red cross, covenant house, the west virginia board of treasury investments, and the west virginia board of risk management. He volunteered his expertise in the creation of the women’s health center of west virginia.  he served as president and a longtime board member of federated jewish charities of charleston and on the board of hospicecare of west virginia, an organization he valued for fulfilling a critical need in the community.  he was a member of both temple israel and b’nai jacob synagogue. It is difficult to express in words what marty meant to so many people, both family and friends.  countless individuals reading this obituary understand how knowing marty made a difference in their lives, as a wise, gentle, and beautiful man. Marty is survived by his wife of fifty years, carole rotgin glasser; sons, brian alexander and michael lawrence glasser; daughter, kristy finis glasser schulman; daughters-in-law, lena thoren glasser, and jennifer fahey glasser; son-in law, jeffrey eric schulman; grandsons, benjamin louis glasser, noah per axel glasser, gabriel louis glasser, zachary david schulman, joshua aaron schulman and jakob alexander schulman; granddaughters, hana linnea glasser, emma freja glasser and kayla eve schulman. Funeral services will be 2 p.M. Wednesday, august 19, at temple b’nai israel, 2312 kanawha boulevard, east in charleston, wv.  burial will follow immediately thereafter at the b’nai jacob synagogue eternal home cemetery on green road off corridor g.  rabbis jim cohn and victor urecki will officiate. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the hubbard hospice house c/o hospicecare of west virginia.  www.Hospicecarewv.Org<http://www.Hospicecarewv.Org.  1606 kanawha blvd west, charleston,wv 25387-2536. 304-768-8523.