"Gleave left the club a few years ago but the pair remained friends, visiting once or twice a week. Gleave attended a lot of the V family gatherings, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
V said she last saw Gleave Dec. 27.
"She was here Boxing Day but was feeling under-the-weather," she said.
"I took some soup out to her on Monday morning and that was the last time I saw her."
Va said she was told by police investigators that Gleave had sent an e-mail to a friend on the night of Dec. 27.
Just wanted this info reposted for posterity.
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2913
"She was an eccentric, eclectic individual and very private," Vanstone said. "Private in a very big way.
"All of the times I visited her, I think I was only in her house once.
"Usually, we sat on a bench outside the house where we would talk."
Va said that Gleave always worried about strangers getting her e-mail address.
"She said that Gleave was so private that she never mentioned that she had another friend in Brantford who lived in the same neighbourhood as V"
"She was very much a recluse especially in the last few years".
"She loved to talk about recipes, computers, cars, animals, Suduko, TV programs and other mind-boggling things that were over my head. She was unique, giving and a stickler for being on time."
Among Gleave's friends were members of her Wednesday morning coffee group of retired teachers, V said.
Gleave was an avid golfer with many golfing buddies, V said.
Gleave lived for her two German Shepherds, her shopping trips to Costco (her favourite store) and summer drives in her racy Chevy Camaro, she added.
"She loved her dogs but I never really trusted them," V said. "They were always kind of roaming around when I was there and when we sat and talked I didn't dare get up suddenly or make any quick movements."
(Although this opinion seems to have been formed after only one visit- so I conclude that was why there was not another..)Also wondering about the fear of strangers getting her email.Could Ag be connected to a celebrity or fearful of organized crime?
Also check comment 14 for unverified info about dogs.