George L. Hetrick

George L. Het­rick, age 85, of Marengo, passed away Sat­ur­day after­noon, August 25, 2012, at the DeWolfe House in Marion.

On Jan­u­ary 17, 1927, George was born at his grandmother’s home in Newark, Ohio, the son of the late Guy B. and A. Myr­tle (Priest) Het­rick. He grew up in North Wood­bury and started school there. After four years, the one room school was closed and he went to Johnsville School and grad­u­ated in the Class of 1945. He also attended The Ohio State Uni­ver­sity for two years.

George served as a Cor­po­ral in the U.S. Army dur­ing World War II from 1946 — 1947. Upon his hon­or­able dis­charge, he took a job with West­ing­house as an elec­tri­cal engi­neer. Dur­ing his time there he devel­oped sev­eral patents for the safety and improve­ment of dry­ers, ovens, and other appli­ances. Dur­ing the 70’s he split time work­ing between their Mans­field and Puerto Rico loca­tions. The com­pany changed names sev­eral times and he retired from White Con­sol­i­dated in 1991. He later spent sev­eral years as a con­sul­tant for RobertShaw Controls.

On Octo­ber 20, 1996, George became a mem­ber at the Owl Creek Har­mony Prim­i­tive Bap­tist Church. He loved his church fam­ily and played an inte­gral role in the con­struc­tion of their Fel­low­ship Hall.

As a young man, George had quite an adven­tur­ous side. He took fly­ing lessons in Willard, Ohio in a bi-plane and taught him­self aer­o­bat­ics (stunt fly­ing) out of a book. He also loved to play the gui­tar and in the mid 40’s he played in a west­ern swing band.

George was extremely ambi­tious and career dri­ven, but his fam­ily was always his pri­or­ity. Together they went on many vaca­tions, all across the United States. He devel­oped a hobby of pho­tog­ra­phy, cre­at­ing a life­time of mem­o­ries for his chil­dren. He was always kind and gen­tle and will be missed by all who knew him.

George will be dearly missed by his wife, Crissie Edwards Griz­zle Het­rick, whom he mar­ried Decem­ber 11, 2004, of Marengo; two daugh­ters: Jacque­line (Tim) Cupp and their chil­dren, Dil­lon and Made­line Cupp, all of Hills­boro, OH, Deb­o­rah (Ted) Logan of Mount Gilead, and their chil­dren, Brett Logan of Mil­ton, PA, and Jeanette Logan of Mount Gilead; four step chil­dren: Gary (Dar­lene) Griz­zle of Sun­bury, Dirk Griz­zle of Med­ina, Barry Griz­zle of Marengo, David Griz­zle of Marengo; 9 step grand­chil­dren; 3 step great grand­chil­dren; and a niece, Nancy Allen of Michigan.

In addi­tion to his par­ents, George was pre­ceded in death by his first wife, Muriel Anise Rhoads in 2003, and a half brother, Gene St. Clair.

The Het­rick fam­ily will greet friends on Tues­day, August 28, 2012, from 5 — 7 p.m. at the Sny­der Funeral Home, 76 S. Main St., Mount Gilead. Ser­vices cel­e­brat­ing his life will be held on Wednes­day at 10:00 a.m. at the Owl Creek Har­mony Prim­i­tive Bap­tist Church, 7397 County Road 22, Water­ford, Ohio, with Elders Jack Grif­fith and Darvin Edwards offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial with mil­i­tary hon­ors pro­vided by the V.F.W. Post 8054 and AmVets Post 87 will fol­low in Shauck Ceme­tery in Johnsville.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions, if desired, may be made to the Owl Creek Har­mony Prim­i­tive Bap­tist Church.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead is hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve George’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them online by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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