BORN

1913

DIED

2011

FUNERAL HOME

Palm Eastern Mortuary & Cemetery

7600 S Eastern Ave

Las Vegas, Nevada

George Golson Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jun. 3, 2011.

Golson, George 97, (Las Vegas) survived by his wife Sigrid Sommer, daughter Lita Schwartz of Cincinnati OH, son Joseph and daughter-in-law Lycia of Columbia SC, son Bryan and partner Michael Gross of Alanta GA, son Ralph of Indialantic Fla, stepson and daughter-in-law Thomas and Cynthia Sommer of Las Vegas. He is also survived by 10-grandchildren and 3-great-grandchildren. Born on October 24, 1913, George received his undergraduate education at Columbia University of NY, and his legal education at St.John's University graduating in 1935. He served his country during World War II. Throughout his long and productive life, he made the most of his free time. He challenged himself both intellectually and athletically. A prolific reader, and writer of short stories, he composed music and lyrics, enjoyed fishing, and playing racquetball.

A Memorial service will be held at Palm Mortuary (Eastern Ave.) on Saturday, June 18th 2011, 1:00 p.m. The family requests that donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Nevada Cancer Institute, One Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, NV 89135 http://www.nevadacancerinstitute.org/


Arrangements under the direction of Palm Eastern Mortuary, Las Vegas, NV.

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June 19, 2011

Pat Corbett Keadle

Lita, my sincere sympathy in the loss of your father. I lost mine 29 years ago, and while you remember everything, it gets easier to smile along with the memories.

Pat ACF '62

June 18, 2011

Evi Brennich

"A wise man called us travellers; and its true. We only spend a few days here, and then we do not die, but we simply go home."
Mahatma Gandhi

George, we will always remember you in our hearts as the wise man we had the great fortune to know.

Evi and family

June 14, 2011

Hillary

He was my grandfather; and I wouldn't give up my childhood memories with him for the world.
Love you, Gm'pa. You will always be missed.

June 14, 2011

Jackson Barwick. Jr,

I had professional contact with George Golson many years ago, I can't remember the circumstances (I'm 87), but it was very positive, and I remember him as a class gentleman. God Bless his family,you can be proud of him.

June 14, 2011

Neil and Helga Lott

George, you will remain in our hearts and remind us how life should be lived - with humor, the quest to learn, the desire to stay active and to be kind.

June 13, 2011

Klaus Sommer

Your piano is closed but the melodies of the songs you composed are still in the air. Your essays and short stories tell about your wisdom and fine sense of humor. Your deep thinking about philosophy and faith, about history and future testify for a man of profound culture, open mind and gentle heart. Thank you, George, for being brother and best friend. Rest in peace. Klaus and family

June 12, 2011

Bill Robinson

George, I will miss you dearly my friend. You always made me laugh and I remember making you laugh as well. The trips to the Lake Murray fishing cottage will always be great memories for me. We always had such a good time catching those elusive stripers. I enjoyed cleaning the fish and cooking them up for us. Fishermen will always be bonded and I will keep you in my thoughts as I dig in my tacklebox searching for that next fish story! Good bye my friend, Bill Robinson

June 12, 2011

Bill Robinson

George will be missed by me. He was a wonderful friend and fishing buddy. My favorite trip was when he came to Sailfish marina at West Palm and the waves were huge. Also many striper trips on Lake Murray. Hope the fishing is good in the hereafter my friend, Bill Robinson

June 11, 2011

Mutzie and Peter Buschbaum

Georgie, we will miss you and we will cherish the memory of many vacations we spent with you and Sigrid in Europe and in the US.

Our condolences go to all you had to leave behind.

June 7, 2011

Steve Eppstein

Hi Lita,
I am very sorry to hear about the death of your father.
I know how important he was to you.
He lived a great long life.

Steve

June 7, 2011

Randy Slovin

Lita: my thoughts are with you and your family. I wish that I had a chance to have met your dad. I hope that you continue to cherish your memories. Best, randy

June 6, 2011

Lita [Golson] Schwartz

My father, a native of Brooklyn, New York, was one of a kind. Dad was proud of his Brooklyn heritage and took great pride in misquoting a line from "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke (http://www.bartleby.com/232/405.html). Dad asserted often, "If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field that is forever Brooklyn."

So handsome that he was habitually mistaken for a certain dashing young screen actor while serving in England during WWII, my father claimed to have signed many an autograph book as "James Mason" for ardent fans.

Dad was mentally and athletically facile, a musician, an attorney, an estate planning expert, a nature lover and a romantic. He was a true Renaissance man. I knew him well, enjoyed his company and inherited his genes. I carry the best of him within me; therefore, I feel little sense of loss. I do - on the other hand - feel an all but unutterable sadness in the simple fact that such an individual has ceased to be.

After a pleasant morning in the company of his beloved wife Sigrid and a couple of friends, Dad died peacefully at home during a nap. He was ninety-seven years old and had stopped playing racquetball only four years earlier.

On my sixty-fifth birthday, I called my father and asked, "Well, Dad, how does it feel to have a daughter old enough to be eligible for Medicare?" For once, he did not respond with an immediate retort, leaving me speechless and not just a little smug for having stumped him! That was two years ago.

I have loved my father all my life and shall love him every day, all day long, forever.

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