George Duncan MacGregor died in his sleep on Sunday July 21, 2013 at 91 years of age.
He was born on a farm in Cloyne, Ontario, Canada on February 15, 1922. His parents were Hazel and Donald MacGregor. The family, including his brothers Charles and Clive and his sister Jean, moved to Buffalo, NY in 1923. He attended the DeVeaux School in Niagara Falls, New York, graduating as Captain of his class. He joined the Navy during WWII achieving the rank of Pharmacist Mate First Class. After the war he married Blanche L. Alcorn and bought a house in the Town of Tonawanda, NY where they raised three children. In Tonawanda the family were active members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. George and Blanche moved to Vermont in 2007 to live with their daughter, Barbara, who lovingly cared for them in their final years.
We will miss a loving father who took supporting his family very seriously. George is survived by: his son Donald and wife Cheryl and their children and grandchildren; son Thomas, his wife Sally Hafer and their children; and daughter Barbara and her husband Owen Cookson, and their children and grandchildren.
A private memorial service will be held at home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to The Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired at the VABVI Development Office, 60 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, VT 05403. Those wishing to send on-line condolences may do so. Go to www.guareandsons.com and click on George MacGregor's obituary