Gene Guerny

GENE GUERNY (Age 86)  
Of Arlington, VA died February 27, 2011 in his winter home in Kissimmee, Florida, at age 86. His remains will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Wednesday, June 22 at 2 p.m. Gene was born in Freemont, Ohio on July 5, 1924, to Jacob and Josephine Gurney. He earned a BS in military science from the University of Maryland, an MS and Ph.D. in Government Administration from George Washington University and from Pacific Western University. Gene served in the Air Force for 30 years as command pilot with Strategic Air Command, author of military books and public information officer. His military career included arresting a German spy after WWII. He was awarded two Legion of Merit awards and two Bronze Stars. He retired in 1973 as Lieutenant Colonel. Gene started his next career at NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He retired in 2005 after 30 years of service. Gene served his country over 60 years. He managed to publish 59 non-fiction books under Gene Gurney on various subjects such as military and aviation history and two encyclopedias entitled "Kingdoms of Europe" and "Kingdoms of Asia." He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Judith and two former wives, Clare Guerny and Isabelle Wright; two daughters, Patricia Schmidt and Jeanne Bauer; four grandchildren, one great- grandchild and two brothers, Donald Gurney and Anthony Gurney. Another brother, Ben Gurney died in 2000.