OBITUARY: Retired Boeing Site Manager George Albert Marsh, 90, of Melbourne, Passed Away June 21
By Space Coast Daily // July 10, 2021
George worked as a Site Manager for Boeing in Turkey, Spain and Cocoa each
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – George Albert Marsh, born May 22, 1931, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and passed away on June 21, 2021, in Melbourne, Florida.
George was raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. He served in the United States Air Force and was stationed in Bitburg, Germany, where he met his future wife Katie Schmitt.
After discharge, George used his GI Bill to earn his Engineering degrees from Newark College of Engineering. His career took him full circle from Radiation Corp. in Melbourne to retirement from Boeing Services International in Cocoa Beach.
In between, he worked as a Site Manager for Boeing in Turkey and Spain.
After retirement George and Katie traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe. George had a keen eye for photography and took many memorable photos.
He was an avid reader, loved music, spending time at the gym, attending plays and concerts, family pets, and enjoying family reunions and friends. He was a devout Catholic and a long-time parishioner of Ascension Catholic Church in Melbourne.
George is preceded in death by his parents Frank and Julia Marsh; son Eric; brother Richard and son-in-law Gary Williams. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Katie and daughter Karen Williams along with family in New Jersey and Germany.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held July 8 at Ascension Catholic Church.
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