Wahkiakum-Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Mylett, George  September 25, 2005
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Published in The Daily News on 10/14/2005.
George Mylett, of Fairfield, Iowa, passed on in his sleep Sunday morning 
September 25, 2005 at the Jefferson County Living Care Facility. 

He had resided at the facility less than two weeks before his passing; prior to 
that he lived on his own in the Wagon Wheel Apartments, 208 S. Court Street, 
Fairfield. George was born March 1, 1919, in his parent's home in Winnipeg, 
Canada. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Vancouver, British 
Columbia, where George grew up. Upon graduation from high school, George 
entered the Royal Canadian Air Force where he served for five years until the 
end of World War II. He was primarily stationed in Alaska.Upon leaving the Air 
Force, George enrolled in Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington where he 
studied for four years. While attending Gonzaga, George met a beauty named 
Betty Jeanette Hooper. They soon were married and in 1950 George and Betty 
moved to Cathlamet, Washington. Together they opened Mylett's Department Store 
in downtown Cathlamet. George was a beloved pillar of his community where he 
owned and operated Mylett's Department Store for 50 years, from 1950 to 
2000.While failing health, George moved in 2000 to Fairfield, Iowa, to live 
near his two sons, Greg and Brad. He remained with his family in Fairfield for 
five years, until his passing. 

His two sons, Greg and Brad, his daughters-in-law, Janice and Nora, and a 
granddaughter, Tina, survive him. Several nieces 
and nephews in Canada and the United States also survive him. He was preceded 
in death by his wife of 28 years, Betty; his two brothers, Patrick of 
Vancouver, BC and Commander William J. Mylett Jr. of the Royal Canadian Navy; 
his father, William and his mother, Louise.  


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