George Robert Owens

A LIFE WELL LIVED....

George R. “Mickey” Owens (1931 to 2021)

George R. “Mickey” Owens, of Las Vegas, Nevada, departed this life on June 10, 2021, and has now reunited with his “Sweetheart” and late wife, Dolores, who died in 2003, after 53 years of marriage. Their love story began in Detroit, Michigan, when the two met on a blind date arranged by an Army buddy Mickey had served with in Korea. They married and remained in Detroit for several years before relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. They both found jobs and advanced in the casino industry. Mickey was the support and cheerleader for Dolores’ rise to corporate executive in that industry once he had retired in 1990. He was always the supportive love, rock, strength and stalwart companion during Dolores’ numerous surgeries and protracted illnesses that ultimately led to her death in 2003.

Mickey was not just a devoted husband and caregiver. Before the two met and married, he had served in the United States Army, as a paratrooper, pulling two combat tours in the Korean War. Corporal Owens served with great honor, valor, and distinction, while garnering numerous medals and unit citations for heroism and bravery in the face of hostile forces and later as a paratrooper instructor upon his return to the States.

Mickey’s other life assignments included his legendary devotion to his dogs. After he lost his wife, Mickey turned his attention to caring for two rescue dogs that he adopted. Joey and Mikey Owens are small, Heinz 57 canines that had such severe mental and physical challenges that no one offered to adopt them by the end of the animal charity benefit held 14 years ago at Caesars Palace. Mickey took them both home. From that night forward, his two little furry companions never missed another meal, and were forever comfortable, sleeping nightly on each side side of him in “their” king size bed, until his passing.

Anyone who met Mickey Owens easily recognized him to be genuinely warm and kind. His friends knew him to be a fierce patriot, a loving husband, a loyal and cherished friend, and simply put, an uncomplicated all-around-nice guy and truly, a good soul.

The Kabbush, McSorley, and Murphys, as extended family of Mickey Owens, designate their family group as at large Pallbearers.

Honorary Pallbearers are The Late Terry Lanni, Debbie Lanni, Sean and Patrick Lanni, Teresa Cookson, Carolyn Taylor, The Joe Azzara Family, Barbara Rzepa, Elizabeth Brickfield and Curly Ferris.

Funeral services are set for Saturday, August 14, 2021, at 11am in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, 621 West Long Lake Road,Troy, Michigan. Father Anthony Sulkowski, Pastor St. Jane Francis de Chantal Catholic Church Sterling Heights, MI will preside over and lead the services. The United States Army Honor Guard will conduct and bestow the military tribute. The funeral will be under the auspices and direction of the A. H. Peters Funeral Home located at 20705 Mack Ave. in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. 48236. Phone 313 884 5500.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Dolores Owens Scholarship Fund for Women at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Or:

The Nevada SPCA, No Kill Shelter, 4800 West Dewey Dr. Las Vegas, Nevada 89118. (Tax ID 88-0197383)

Please go to the A.H. Peters Funeral Home website for information on the possibility of Zoom or comparable live broadcast of the Owens service.

Attendees are respectfully urged to observe COVID/VARIANT protocols.

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Topic: George Owens Memorial

Time: Aug 14, 2021 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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