George Edward Stock

STOCK - George Edward, 85, a former bank president in Miami and New Jersey, died Friday, May 5, 2006. The service will be at 6 PM EDT Monday at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Timberlane Road Chapel (850-893-4177), with burial next to his parents at Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. Family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308. George was born in 1921 in Brooklyn, and was educated in the New York public school system. He graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in economics. While in school, he was an All-American lacrosse player and an accomplished crooner, appearing on the
"Fred Allen Radio Show
" in 1939. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served four years. He was stationed mainly in the Philippine Islands and resigned as a reserve captain in 1945. He began his career with the Chase Manhattan Bank in 1946. In 1965 he moved his family to Miami to take a position as president of the United Banking Group, now Suntrust. In 1974 he moved back north to assume the presidency of a subsidiary of Midlantic Banks. He retired in May 1997 as vice chairman o the holding company, Midlantic Corporation, and as CEO of Midlantic National Bank North in Englewood, NJ. George was an avid golfer and belonged to many clubs, including Riviera Country Club in Coral Gables, Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus and Capital City Country Club in Tallahassee. He spent the last seven years of his life in Tallahassee, where he played an active role in the lives of his children and grandchildren. George was known for his outgoing personality and easy laugh. He will be greatly missed. Mr. Stock is survived by four children, four grandchildren, a great-grandchild and some very special nieces.