George H Myers' Obituary
George H. Myers commonly known as “Skip” to his friends and family was born in Springfield, Ohio on April 15, 1936. He was raised in Ohio where he later would meet and marry the love of his life, Shirley Sue Pike. They were married on September 1, 1956 in North Baltimore, Ohio. In June 1957, they welcomed their oldest son, Douglas Myers, followed by their only daughter, Elizabeth (Myers) Hustedde in July 1958. Skip and Shirley relocated their little family to Arizona in October 1958 to be with Shirley’s parents who had moved to Tucson two years earlier for health reasons.
In 1960, they built a three-bedroom ranch home in the Flowing Wells School District. Skip provided for his family doing many different jobs until 1965 when he was offered a position with ASARCO-Silver Bell. His position as accountant became his lifelong career.
In October 1966, another son was born to the family, James Myers. George loved his family and his home. Skip volunteered as the assistant coach for his son, Jim’s Little League team. He promoted team leadership and sportsman like conduct. Under his coaching the team won the sportsmanship award.
Skip thrived at ASARCO. He started off as an accounts payable clerk and received multiple promotions. His last position with ASARCO was as the SW Chief Financial Officer in the Tucson Office. He loved his job and Skip retired in 1994.
After retirement, George and Shirley traveled throughout the Western United States in their fifth wheel with their faithful companion, Holly Sue, a Rottweiler with a huge love of life. But they particularly loved the White Mountains as it had been a favorite place for family vacations. George loved bring his children to the mountains to fish and camp occasionally running into a bear or two. Sometimes, they would rent a cabin during the August monsoon season and enjoy the fireplaces and porches during rain storms. George and Shirley often talked about retiring to the White Mountains.
And so in 1996, they relocated to the White Mountains where they built themselves a ranch and lived off the grid. They developed the property with a water well, solar power, propane and even during the Y2K scare they had 100 gallons of automobile fuel. They had the opportunity to acquire three horses at auction affectionally known as Pride, Joy and Black Beauty. In May 1997, Shirley went to check on the horses only to see Pride delivering her foal. Skip was so thrilled, and carried the foal around for a week to bond with this new baby. The foal was named Windy because she was born on one of the windiest days that they experienced on the “Mountain”. Later they adopted three senior citizen horses, Red, Shoe and Rocky. The horses lived out their years on the ranch as Skip’s “expensive lawn ornaments”.
Skip loved animals especially his precious Rottweilers, Holly Sue and Chrissy. He insisted that his children learn to love and care for pets. Chrissy, his last Rottweiler, was such a daddy’s girl that
her “daddy” could not be out of her sight. He loved that dog with all of his heart. George also loved his kitties.
Around 2010, Skip and Shirley left the mountain and moved back into their Tucson family home for health reasons. It was a very sad, but he knew that he was not able to maintain the upkeep of the ranch. With growing health issues, being closer to family became more and more important.
George loved board games, card games, being with family and his animals. He enjoyed Mexican food, Prime Rib and Lucky Wishbone. There was rarely a day that went by that he did not enjoy a snack of Cheetos, cookies or some other sweet.
George is survived by his wife of 62 years, Shirley; his sons, Douglas Myers, James Myers, daughter, Elizabeth Hustedde; daughter-in-law, Linda Myers, son-in law, Stephen Hustedde; grandsons, Steven Myers, Jon Myers and George J. Myers and great-grandson Jacob Myers.
George would tell us not to grieve him because he believed that God always had a plan for his life. Though not always vocal about his faith, his faith was deeply personal to him and his walks with God gave him peace and comfort during difficult times. He would say to his family, if he could, remember me laughing and enjoying your company. Tell fun stories of us as a family.
THE LORD WATCH BETWEEN ME AND THEE WHEN WE ARE ABSENT ONE FROM ANOTHER.
GEN 31:49
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