Glenn Edmund Coe, Esq. was born on August 18, 1944, in the Panama Canal Zone. After living as a child on the Island of Old Providence and emigrating to the U.S. with his mother and three siblings, he spent much of his youth in Takoma Park, Maryland, and then raised his own family in South Windsor, Connecticut, where he served a distinguished career as an attorney in public and private practice. After retirement, he moved to Orlando, Florida, and sailed the coastal waters and seas with his beloved Frances before passing too soon of cancer on April 30, 2026.

Glenn's mother, Hazel Minnis Newball Coe (d. 1995), traveled to the Canal Zone from her family's home island of Old Providence in Colombia for work. She married Glenn's father, Edmund S. Coe (d. c1985), who was from Grand Cayman Island in the British West Indies and was serving as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. After separating, Minnis brought her four children, Gloria, Glenn, Ray, and David, back to Old Providence where they grew up with many cousins before emigrating to the Washington, D.C. area.

Glenn distinguished himself in education and made many lifelong friends at Spencerville Junior Academy in Maryland, Blue Mountain Academy in Pennsylvania, Andrews University in Michigan, and Georgetown University in D.C. He met Judith McNeill at Spencerville Junior Academy and they married in 1965. Glenn returned to Andrews with Judy, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Arts in political science, and they celebrated the birth of their first child, Julienne. Glenn lived his politics, serving as Student Association President and leading campus protests against the Vietnam War, and eventually he set aside an academic career in pursuit of a law degree.

Glenn was accepted into the University of Connecticut Law School, and he, Judy, and Julienne moved to West Hartford, Connecticut, where Justin joined their growing family. Glenn then drew the plans for and supervised the construction of a new family home in South Windsor, deploying the brick-laying skills he had developed to help pay for his education. Soon afterwards, the family unit was completed with the birth of Amber. Glenn is still remembered as a loving friend and neighbor, energetic basketball player, and renowned Santa Claus during annual Christmas parties at the Coe home.

During law school, Glenn served as the first Director of Judicial Education and edited Benchbooks for all state trial court judges. After graduating, he served as Chief Trial Attorney in the Office of the Chief State's Attorney for the State of Connecticut where Glenn successfully prosecuted governmental corruption and organized crime cases. He later joined the Law Offices of Rome McGuigan, where he worked as a Partner until his retirement in 2019. Glenn specialized in criminal law, litigation, and intellectual property, and was involved in successful civil lawsuits against the Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Division for suborning perjury that led to wrongful convictions for murder, a large fire loss case in a computer chip manufacturing plant in Taiwan, charter airplane crash cases, and various commercial litigation matters. He also served as President of the Hartford County Bar Association, the oldest continuously functioning bar association in the country.

Glenn was an active member of the Hartford Seventh-Day Adventist Church (now the Connecticut Valley Adventist Church) for more than thirty years, serving on the church board, teaching a popular - and, at times, controversial - adult Sabbath School class, and chairing the school board. He was instrumental in acquiring land and orchestrating the construction of new school and church buildings in South Windsor. The church and its members continue to be an extended family of lifelong relationships and friendships for Glenn, Judy, and their children.

Glenn began his long-standing involvement in the Association of Adventist Forums at its inception in 1967, serving as President of the organization from 1975-1982 and 1986-1989 and as Director of Special Projects and as a Board Member for many years. He regularly contributed to its quarterly publication, SPECTRUM, and helped organize annual conferences and a geology tour of the Western States. Glenn was known for providing his legal expertise to the broader Adventist community in pursuit of intellectual honesty, religious liberty, and institutional accountability, and he was a strong advocate for women's ordination, LGBTQ rights, and environmental stewardship. Glenn also served for 15 years on the John Henry Weidner Foundation for Altruism Board of Directors, helping to promote humanitarianism through the example of John Wiedner's heroic relief efforts to aid Jewish and other refugees during World War II.

After Glenn and Judy divorced, Glenn reconnected with Frances Lawton, a dear friend from university whose family was also from Old Providence, and he moved to Orlando to be with her. Glenn became Frances's first mate on the Exeter II, a sailboat they bought together named after his grandfather's boat. They sailed all around Florida and the Bahamas, and planned to take Exeter II to Old Providence and Panama City, going so far as to become dual citizens of Panama.

Glenn's deep affection for Old Providence led him to form the Foundation for the Islands of Old Providence and Santa Catalina. The Foundation, led by Raizal people on the islands and in the diaspora, promotes and preserves the unique island heritage of the islands, and has raised significant relief funds to support the islands' recovery from Hurricane Iota. Edgardo Martinez Mitchell, President of the Raizal Nation Diaspora, recognized Glenn's "deep love for our Archipelago," for which he "worked tirelessly to uplift both the people and the ecology of the islands, building pathways toward sustainable development and opportunity for the Raizal People. His kindness, generosity, and commitment have left a lasting mark on our hearts." A plum tree has been planted on Old Providence in Glenn's honor.

Glenn found great enjoyment in life. He was an ardent golfer, and in his last golf game succeeded in shooting his age. Glenn was especially inspired in the culinary arts by his brother, Ray (d. 1989), who trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Ray's passing in the early years of the AIDS epidemic profoundly impacted Glenn and his extended family. At a future date, Glenn's ashes will join Ray's on Mount Tamalpais north of San Francisco.

Glenn is survived by Frances Lawton and her children, Andrew Sherman (Wendy Frado) and Mia Hall and grandchild Jackson; Judith Coe; his daughter Julienne Cassarino (Joseph) and grandchildren Sophie and Nicholas; his son Justin Scott-Coe (Jo); his daughter Amber Lewis (Joseph) and grandchildren Brady and Zane; his sister Gloria Coe, niece Gwynn Gebeyehu (Berhanu), and nephew Malcolm Sturdevant (Heidi Craun); his brother David Coe (Karen) and nephews Morgan Coe and Matthieu Coe; and his many cousins, other relatives, and friends.

A memorial service will be held in Southern California. Please check the Foundation website, www.FIOPSC.org, for details. Donations to the Foundation may also be made in Glenn's honor through the website.