George Shriver

SHRIVER, GEORGE ISAAC, 76, passed away on December 12, 2013. George was born on June 6th 1937 to the late Beatrice Inez Shriver and George Isaac Shriver in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and was raised in Carroll County Maryland. He graduated from Taneytown High School in 1955. He served in the US Army from 1955 through 1958, worked in military intelligence and was stationed in Germany. He got his pilot’s license and then he received his associates degree from Valparaiso School of Technology in 1960. He began his 30 plus years of employment with Westinghouse in 1960, working first on the Stratovision program. After receiving a Bachelors of Science degree in electrical engineering, from Perdue University in 1967, he continued with Westinghouse, working in the aerospace program as an electrical engineer, and later as a program manager. During his middle years, he occupied himself as a flight instructor and real estate agent. After retiring from Westinghouse, he took numerous and lengthy trips to various parts of world and spent 3 years in Guam where he worked as a dive instructor. In 2002 he retired permanently and moved to Ajijic, Mexico where he lived until he became ill earlier this year. Although he had visited every continent in the world, he said on numerous occasions, his home in Mexico was his favorite place he had ever been. In his leisure time he enjoyed diving, traveling, sailing, fishing, growing fruit trees and learning and practicing foreign languages. He was genuine, honest, friendly, quirky and a friend to all. He had genuine lack of self-awareness, which was very endearing, and he rarely missed an opportunity to try to practice speaking foreign languages with complete strangers. He was enjoyed for who he was, enjoyable to watch, and will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know him. George is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Janice Johnson, his two children Bethany Danner and Stephen Shriver, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and his brothers Ronald Shriver and John Shriver. The family is planning a memorial service for George in Ajijic Mexico in January 2014 and a Celebration of Life in Anne Arundel County, Maryland in late spring 2014. For additional information about either the service or Celebration of Life, please contact the family at shriver_george@yahoo.com. In lieu of flowers please make memorial donations to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network http://www.pancan.org/section_donate/donate_now.php.

George Shriver

June 6, 1937 - December 12, 2013