David Wickham George II

David Wickham George II, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Ret), born 29 June 1935, died 22 May 2019. Survived by his very special love, Sharon R. Lewis of Auburn; his daughter, Leslie George Perez (55), son-in-law, Judge Joe Perez (56) of Fullerton, CA and their twin daughters, Alexis and Oliva Perez (9); and his son, Philip Michael (56) and four grandchildren, Alexandria Marie (30), Christopher Scott (28), Michael David (27) and Danielle Taylor (21).
Lieutenant Colonel George was born in Minneapolis, MN and moved with his parents to California in 1942 settling in Arcadia. He spent his formative years in Arcadia attending First Avenue Elementary School, Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School and then Pasadena City College. He later attended UCLA, graduated in 1963 and entered the Air Force in 1964.
Lt Col George's military career began at age 19 as an enlisted member of the United States Marine Corps from 1954-57 with duty in the US and Japan. In 1964 he attended the United States Air Force Officer's Training School, Lackland AFB, TX and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in July 1964. His Air Force career specialties were Aviation Electronics (Avionics) Maintenance and Acquisition and Logistics Management. He was stationed in Colorado, Texas, Florida, Ohio, California and served overseas tours in Europe, Vietnam and Thailand, He retired at Wright-Patterson AFB OH in October 1982.
Beginning 1 January 1983, he worked 11 years for General Dynamics Electronics in San Diego. He held jobs as a Logistics Specialist, Air Force Marketing Director, Independent Research and Development Manager and Integrated Maintenance Information System (IMIS) Program Manager. After retirement from GDE Systems, Inc. he moved to San Jacinto, CA and played golf frequently while also working as a consultant and technical writer for the RAND Corporation. In 2002 synchronicity reunited him with a special high school friend, Sharon (Robertson) Lewis of Auburn, and they have remained together in a loving relationship.
David's favorite activity was golf and he played competitively in high school and college and for the USMC team at Camp Pendleton, CA. His work in the USAF in 1975 took him away from the game for nearly 10 years, as did bypass surgery in 2003. In 2013, he took a renewed interest in the sport, however, golf would never take precedence over living a full life and traveling worldwide with Sharon, nor over his children and grandchildren.
His life, like his golf scoring, was a few times below, but mostly above par. And the band plays on…