George was born in Newburyport, MA, on July 19th 1929. He is predeceased by his parents George and Mabel Paul Sargent, and sister Effie Mae Sargent. He is survived by his wife Jacqueline, 2 sons Girard and Kathleen of Boston, MA, George the III, of Lawrenceville, GA and 2 daughters, Falene Rollins and Carl of Reed Plantation, ME and Karen Morin and her husband Paul of Ottawa, Ontario, CA and 14 grandchildren.
George graduated from Haverhill high school in 1947, he attended the Bentley school of Accounting in 1949 and then Northeastern University in 1953 in which he graduated with a BBA.
He joined the Army Reserves in 1951 and retired as a Lt. Col. While in the Army reserves he trained at the Sagadahoc County Civil Defense in Bath, ME.
He worked at the Haverhill Gas Light company , Western Electric in Haverhill, MA. He also worked for Haskins & Sells, CPA firm in Boston, MA and John Harrington, CPA in Waltham, MA.
George moved to Maine in 1964, where he was controller of Pejepscot paper company, a division of the Hearst Corporation. George meet and married Jacqueline in ME in 1966.
George left Pejepscot paper after 9 years and formed a corporation with Richard Andrews, called Haliday corporation. Together they built a sub-division in Topsham and were responsible for building over 100 houses and later sold Modular homes, he was also a licensed Real Estate Broker.
Later he worked for the city of Bath for 19 years as Treasurer, Finance Director and Tax Collector. During that time he serviced on the board of directors and was President of Municipal Tax Collectors and Treasurers of the United States and Canada.
He was a Mason for over 70 years, being the Master of village Lodge No. 26, in Bowdoinham, ME in 1995 and District Deputy Grand Master of the 24th Masonic District in 2009.
A service will be held on Saturday August 3rd, 2024 at Lakewood Park Methodist Church at 11:00 am 5405 Turnpike Feeder Rd Fort Pierce, FL 34951.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Shriners Children's www.Anahshriners.org
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