George Thomas Vanleer Jr., 72 of Cape Coral, Florida passed away on December 5, 2019. He was born on November 18, 1947 in Woodbury, New Jersey to George Thomas Vanleer, Sr. and Elizabeth Adele (nee: Hutton) Vanleer. He grew up in Glassboro New Jersey and graduated from Glassboro High School in 1966.
Mr. Vanleer served in the Army National Guard for 10 years. He lived in Pitman New Jersey for over 25 years where he coached youth sports, including Soccer, Wrestling and Little League Baseball. His career included; working as Pipefitter for Dupont Chambers Work in Deepwater New Jersey for over 10 year, as a Pipefitter for Mobil Research & Development in Paulsboro, New Jersey for over 20 years, retiring in1998. Mr. Vanleer moved to Naples, Florida in 1998 and worked for Bear’s Plumbing & Avis Plumbing,
In 2004 he started working as a Plumbing Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer with the City of Cape Coral, retiring in April 2018. He loved woodworking, home improvement projects, working on his cars and he loved animals.
Mr. Vanleer is survived by his wife of 25 years Carol Vanleer; sister Joanne (Vanleer) Priore; devoted father to his three children, Thomas J Vanleer (Karen), Colleen Peterson (John), Brian Vanleer (Ann);
Beloved Pop-Pop to Caitlin, Meghan, Nathan, Margaret. His loving parents preceded him in death.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Calusa Nature Center, 3450 Ortiz Ave. Fort Myers, FL 33905, https://www.calusanature.org/
Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 15th from 2-4pm at Coral Ridge Funeral Home, 950 Chiquita Blvd S, Cape Coral.
