Rev. Leroy E. Glover

Rev. LeRoy E. Glover,Jr. 91, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 25, 2023 at St. Elizabeth/Mercy Health Medical Center, Youngstown. LeRoy was born January 14, 1932 in Barrington, NY, a son of the late, LeRoy E. and Hazel J. (Holmes)Glover. He graduated from Ashland College and Toccoa Bible School. His ministry started in the 1950’s as a United Brethren circuit preacher for six country churches in Coshocton and Holmes counties, OH. For the next 30 years Rev. Glover continued pastoring churches in Wooster, OH; Anoka, MN and the Evangelical Free Church in Garrettsville, OH. In 1985, he became Allegheny District Superintendent for the Evangelical Free Church and retired in 1995. Rev. Glover then began ministering as an Interim Pastor for churches in Buffalo, NY and PA. He was currently attending Evangel Baptist Church in Boardman,OH, where he taught Sunday School for many years. He enjoyed painting, golf, and flying around the world with his computer flight simulator, but most of all he loved God and His Word. Rev. Glover was a wonderful servant of the Lord who genuinely loved and cared for anyone he came in contact with. His wife, the former Ruth O. Wently, whom he married June 20, 1952, passed away April 27, 2012. He will be dearly missed by his daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Patrick Hall of Canfield; a son, Daniel Glover of San Francisco, CA and a granddaughter, Katie R. Hall. He also leaves a brother Dean Glover of Tampa, FL and a half-sister, Fern Stebbins of Buffalo, NY. Besides his parents and his wife, he was preceded in death by a brother, Glenn Glover. Friends may call on Wednesday, November 1st at Evangel Baptist Church, 5248 Southern Blvd., Boardman from 10:00 – 11:00 am, followed by a funeral service at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests material tributes take the form of contributions to Samaritan’s Purse, St. Jude Children’s Hospital or Angels for Animals.