Glen E. Swartz, a retired insurance salesman, died Sunday at a hospital in Staunton, Va., after a short illness. He was 80 and moved from Woodlawn to Staunton about 10 years ago.

Services for Mr. Swartz were being held today at the Lindsey funeral establishment in Harrisonburg, Va.

He retired in 1975 as a salesman for the Chesapeake Life Insurance Co., where he had worked since moving to Baltimore in 1960.

Earlier, he worked in the insurance business in Staunton. Born in Dayton, Va., he was a graduate of the Roanoke (Va.) Business College.

His wife, the former Pluma Hoover, died in 1969.

He is survived by a son, Edward Allen Swartz of Sykesville.