Beth Elaine Glick

She was born May 18, 1945, in Iron Mountain to Elaine and Albert Johnson, and was known to her family as Susie.

She leaves her husband of 53 years, Dr. Howard Glick of Leesburg, Va.; son, Max Glick with wife, Kathleen, and grandsons, Ronan and Declan Glick of Baltimore; sister, Karin (Edward) McDowell, and mother, Elaine Pearl Johnson, both of Perrinton, Mich.

She was a 1963 graduate of Iron Mountain High School. She graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1967 with a degree in art and taught English and art in middle and high school in Olivet and Saginaw, Mich.

She worked various jobs to put her husband through medical school, including managing a health food store and as an inpatient psychiatric technician.

She practiced yoga for 50 years and martial arts for 20 years and held a first degree black belt in Aikido. Hobbies included beading and piano.

She lived a Buddhist life and was cremated.

Donations may be made in her name to AOPO (Association of Organ Procurement Organizations) of which the WRTC (Washington Regional Transplant Community) is the local branch or Inova Fairfax Hospital Transplant Center.