George Mohanco Obituary

George Mohanco

Pensacola

73, 22-Oct, Family-Funeral & Cremation.

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Published by the Pensacola News Journal from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25, 2020.

Memories and Condolences
for George Mohanco

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5 Entries

Andy & Jennifer Yeomans

December 8, 2020

In Loving Memory of George Mohanco, Celebrating a life well-lived whose memories will be cherished forever.

Brian Kelly

October 29, 2020

May God bless George in Heaven and bless the Mohanco family. George was one of the most creative men I knew in my life. For example, for our wedding, he created a metal picture of a beach he and I had visited in Oregon. George was always the first to laugh and he sure knew how to have fun. When we operated our bar in Wilkes-Barre for several year, George redesigned the interior and took regular objects and made them into things of beauty and majesty. He also knew how to handle special situations. As we were working on the bar room for many months, one weekend morning we arrived to work and there was a pizza box waiting for us from the night before. We opened it and it was loaded with roaches. It fell from our hands very quickly and George knew what to do. Just a few hours later the man arrived in the "unmarked car" and took care of the "problem." We had a few laughs for years about the unmarked car. George was honest as the day is long. One day as we rode the deuce and a half to Indiantown Camp for the weekend reserve encampment, George's buddy (me) had a little too much hooch in the back of the truck. Hey, it was cold. When we got to the camp, we stayed the first night in the barracks. George got a few other buddies and they carried me to a cot. They woke me up about... continued in a longer email. I lost this.

Brian Kelly

October 29, 2020

I thought the email I received from Drew Bubser last night was in jest though not tasteful. I could not believe that George was gone. I am shocked and heartsick. I always thought that George and Bucko and Gerry and I were invincible and now I know that is not true. So, I surely wish the Lord take George into his womb and permit him to rest in peace with all the good people. George knows that he and I were like shadows of each other for many, many years and I will surely miss him. We went to the same high school, the same college, the same major in college, the same Branch Office at IBM and we both wound up in Scranton before George met Bonnie and brought her home and married her on July 4, 1976 on the bicentennial at the farm. Then George and Bonnie moved to Georgia and then Pensacola. We met often at conferences and shows after that and it seemed like it would never end. I loved George like a brother. We operated a bar together Mr. Bojangles. George was the creator and I was the axe man in the rebuilding of the bar according to George's artistic design. What an imagination. We spent some time on the Oregon coast and lit a nonfire with the driftwood from the ocean. George used his talent to recreate the bonfire scene though the jugs of wine were blurry and he gave Pat and I this masterpiece for our wedding present -- it was made of hand worked metal. Amazing. While building the bar, one great story please. We came in on a Saturday AM after working there on a Friday night. There was a pizza box from the night before. George opened it to quickly drop it after spotting some roaches enjoying the rest of the crusts. He solved that problem too. A few hours later a man showed up at the door he said his car was "unmarked." We were not looking for that kind of publicity in our to-be new tavern. He said he was there to solve the "problem." George said he had called and we were shellshocked when they guy said "Where's the problem?" George spoke up and said the problem was roacheediodescoacheeros. We laughed, the man did his work and we laughed a lot of times afterward about that day. George was as honest as they come. We were in the same Reserve Unit. I helped George get in the Utica National Guard where we both started our military careers. A year later after Geo transferred home, I followed him from the Utica IBM Office to Scranton. On one trip to a weekend encampment at Indiantown Gap we had two canteens full of contraband liquid to keep us warm in the back of the deuceandahalf. I became three sheets to the wind after the trip down Eighty-one. George and some buddies carried me into the barracks and they answered for me at roll call and saved me a big problem. I woke up when the "boys" were wondering if I was going out with them. I heard them by my bunk. George said, I think he's dead. Al Komorek said he likes alka seltzer after a hangover. and he popped an alka seltzer in my open mouth with no water. It began to fizz. George got some water and poured it in my mouth. I held it in until the alka seltzer was dissolved and frothing over my mouth. To which George suggested again that I might be dead. I waited and then swallowed the dissolved alka seltzer. Then George showed why he was always known as honest John. When I emptied the seltzer, I asked where my teeth were . Apparently I discharged some stuff out the back of the truck and removed my dentures. There he was honest John with my teeth and he gave them back to me. I made it to the sink and rinsed them and was almost as good as new. We were invincible then and went out to Lebanon but I did not imbibe at all other than coca cola. Honest John had a good time for years telling that story. George was a big part of my life and I loved him like a brother. I will miss him as I am sure all will as he was quite a guy. Bonnie and Becker and Robin etc. and Josh and Alaina of course are feeling big pain now. Pat and I and the friends in Wilkes-Barre and IBM are very sorry. What a loss. Irreplaceable! But over time the smiles will come back as you remember and share even more great stories of this wonderful character and a very special person to us all. God bless George in heaven and all the Mohancos. Still can't believe it

Janis Wienert

October 28, 2020

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. I know George will be missed! My thoughts and prayers are with you and the family.
Love, Janis

The Brazils

October 28, 2020

Becker and family, so sorry to hear of George’s passing. Prayers for comfort for all! Love, Marcia and Jim

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