Virginia Anne Glazebrook Kehoe passed away peacefully on January 1, 2026, while holding hands with her daughter Lucy. She was 94.
Known to most people as Glazie, Anno, or Granno, she was born on Staten Island to Lucy Bronson King and Otis Allan Glazebrook Jr. Even though she grew up in the midst of World War II, she had an idyllic childhood: riding horses, sowing the seeds of friendships that lasted a lifetime, and spending marvelous summers in her favorite place on earth, Lake Placid.
Always an optimist, she had a ready laugh and warm smile, drove the station wagon a little too fast, and often balanced a mug of tea in the process.
Anno attended Staten Island Academy and graduated from The Madeira School in 1950. At Madeira, she was president of her class each of the four years she attended, competed in horseback riding, was a caring friend to many, and participated in numerous clubs; all a foreshadowing of her adult life.
She earned an associate’s degree from Bennett Junior College in 1952.
After Bennett, she worked at the English Speaking Union in New York, where she coordinated exchange programs between the United States and English boarding schools.
In 1960, she married Francis J. Kehoe (Frank) and became a full-time mother and volunteer. She and Frank raised their three children on Staten Island. They divorced in 1981 but remained close friends.
In addition to raising a family, Anno was a personal assistant, an associate in her close friend’s interior design business, worked in catering at the Pavillion of the Terrace, and was a long-time paraprofessional at PS 37, working compassionately and patiently with autistic children.
A lifelong volunteer, Anno committed herself to championing others and worked tirelessly for causes in which she believed deeply. On Staten Island, she was a long-time board member of the Dongan Hills Improvement Society, Staten Island Academy, the Richmond County Country Club, the Seaman’s Society for Children & Families, and the Stanley Timolat Foundation.
She was a member of Christ Church in New Brighton from childhood.
In 2002, she retired and moved to Fairfield, CT , where she delighted in being cozy with her grandchildren, knitting, doing jigsaw puzzles, gardening, reading The New York Times, and doing sudoku and crosswords.
She was famous for warm greetings of “Hi, dearie!” and was grateful to make a life in the community of Fairfield. She became an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fairfield and volunteered tirelessly through the church for the San Lucas y San Pablo Food Pantry in Bridgeport and The Connection including the Women Linking Women program.
She coordinated weekly coffee hour volunteers, was an office assistant, gardened endlessly, was instrumental in organizing hundreds of turkeys for St. John’s Church in Bridgeport each Thanksgiving, was a member of the prayer shawl ministry, Christmas Fair committees, and Senior Thanksgiving Luncheons, and an avid supporter of the choir.
Anno was a confidante to many and cultivated friendships throughout her life with people of all ages and backgrounds.
She was the last living member of her generation and is survived by her children, Jim Kehoe (Katy), Lucy Kehoe Buggy (Jim), and Nancy Kehoe; grandchildren Caitlin Buggy, Caroline Buggy (Chris Shrieve), Sarah Buggy, Charlotte Buggy, Molly Kehoe, and Freddie Kehoe and great-grandchild, Madison Shrieve. She was a beloved aunt to many nieces and nephews and a devoted godmother.