George
William Alexander, 84, of Burlington, died at
9:58 PM Sunday March 5, 2006 at Great River
Medical Center, West Burlington.
Born August 26, 1921 in Scottsville, New
York, he was the son of the Rev. John Lee and
Ivis Wood Alexander. He married Dorothy Ellen
Pearson of Ainsworth on December 20, 1941.
George worked for General
Electric Company for 36 years as application
engineer in power systems, serving in
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois;
Schenectady, New York; Pittsfield,
Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and
Burlington. He was a Registered Professional
Engineer by examination and earned his Bachelor
of Arts in English and Physics from Iowa
Wesleyan College and Bachelor’s of Science in
Electrical Engineering from the University of
Iowa in 1949. He wrote many technical papers
and served as chairman of power transformer
section of I.E.E.E. National Society. George
was a 50-year brother of Phi Delta Theta
Fraternity and Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Society.
George was a member of First
United Methodist Church and had been active with
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. He served three
years of World War II with Naval Air Transport
Command.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy Ellen Alexander of Burlington; two
daughters, Sharon (Jerry) Yarter of Chestertown,
New York and Carol Alexander of Dallas, Texas;
two sons, Ross Alexander of Burlington and Craig
(Tammy) Alexander of What Cheer, Iowa; one
brother, John Alexander of Waukegan, Illinois;
one sister-in-law, Mary Ann Alexander of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; a niece in Maryland; and a
nephew in Florida.
His parents; sister, Janet Hanna
of Pennsylvania; and brother, James Alexander,
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin preceded him in death.
A memorial has been
established for United Methodist Men Freshman
Scholarship Fund.
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