OBIT: Peter J. GEORGE, 2006, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

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Peter J. George

  Peter J. George, age 89, formerly of Hill Valley, RD1, Mount Union, 
fought his last fight on God's earth on Sunday, September 10, at the 
Valley View Haven, Belleville, where he has resided since his 
retirement. On that day he went to be with our Lord. Now he fights in 
God's army.
  The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 
14, at the Epiphany of Our Lord Orthodox Church, Huntingdon.   
Officiating will be Rev. Father John Klein and interment will be made 
in Holy Cross Cemetery, Huntingdon. Friends may call at the Robert D. 
Heath Funeral Home, Mount Union, Wednesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 9 
p.m. There will be a Parastas service at 8 p.m. at the funeral home 
Wednesday.
  He was born July 17, 1917 in Mount Union, the son of the late Frank 
and Mary Horchuck. He married Bernice E. (Clark) George on August 7, 
1958. They were divorced on June 20, 1975; she resides in Huntingdon.
  Mr. George is survived by a daughter; Vickiy Morgan and husband Carl 
M. "Michael" of Mount Union.
  There are two grandchildren: Monica Jayne Morgan, of Jacksonville, FL 
and Colin Peter Morgan, a student at Nova St. Eastern University, Ft. 
Lauderdale,
  A sister and a brother also survive: Sophia Krut of Belleville and 
Frank Stasenko and wife Ellen of Kistler. Also, numerous nieces and 
nephews survive in PA, Ohio, Michigan and NY.
  Mr. George attended Mount Union Schools and then moved to Ohio where 
for seven years he worked in Youngstown, Ohio for Carnegie, Republic 
Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
  He served 16 years in the Merchant Marines, sailing worldwide and on 
the Great Lakes. He passed through the Panama Canal 50 times. He also 
served as a gunner on oil tankers for the US Navy during WWII.
  Mr. George returned to Mount Union and in 1955 purchased the Hill 
Valley Hotel, a popular and widely known country tavern, which he 
operated for a half a century. He was the owner and operator of Hill 
Valley Mobile Homes for nine years, specializing in both mobile and 
modular homes. He also raised cattle, hogs and farmed in Hill Valley 
for five years.
  He was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Orthodox Church in 
Huntingdon.
  Memorials can be made to Epiphany of Our Lord Orthodox Church, East 
Penn Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652.

The Valley Log, Orbisonia, PA, September 13, 2006