HOLDEN – George Currier Treat, 89, passed away Aug. 21, 2006, sur-rounded by his family. He was born June 15, 1917, in Bangor, the son of John W. Treat and Doris (Currier) Treat. George attended Bangor High School and the University of Maine. In 1941, he became project engineer of the Rockland Maine Airport. On Aug. 25, 1941, he married Mildred (Lunt). That same year, he joined the Army and taught at Officer Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, Va. He was captain of E Co., Second Battalion 330 General Service Engineers in the China Burma theater until the end of World War II. He was promoted to major before returning home. After the war, he became an instructor of mechanical drawing in the Department of Engineering at the University of Maine. Two years later, he joined Nickerson & O’Day where he worked as an engineer and estimator until his retirement in 1982. He was chairman of the planning board in Holden for several years. He was also a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, the Bangor City Club and the Masons Rising Virtue Lodge. George was also active in the Boy Scouts. George was an outdoorsman. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and camping with his lifelong friends and family. He especially looked forward to hunting trips to St. Croix Lake and Phillips Lake. George is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mildred; his daughter, Jeannette and her husband, Robert Washburn, of Holden; and his son, Ronald and his wife, Sherry, of Holden. He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren, Kelly Drake and her husband, Brent, of Holden, Mike Treat and his wife, Kathy, of Carmel, Jennifer Long and husband, Jack, of Orrington; and his eight great-grandchildren. He is survived by two brothers, Edward Treat of Bangor and John Treat Jr. and his wife, Betty, of York. At George’s request, there will be no funeral or visitation. A family gathering to celebrate his life will be held at a later date. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to their charity of choice. Arrangements are in the care of Kiley Funeral Home, Brewer.
GEORGE CURRIER TREAT
