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July 27, 1937 – April 2, 2023
It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of George Samuel, 85. He died peacefully in Powell River with his loving partner, Joanna Dunbar, at his side. George suffered a fall in December 2022 that led to a series of health complications and sped up the dementia that had been slowly taking hold in recent years. Unable to live at home after his fall, he did a brief stint at Evergreen Extended Care near the end of his life.
George was born in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) in 1937 on the eve of World War II to his American mother, Helen Samuel (Hanna) and Scottish father, George Samuel Senior. Following tumultuous war years in Asia, the family returned briefly to Scotland before emigrating to Edmonton, Alberta in the early 1950s. George attended the University of Alberta and later moved to the UK to complete a PhD from the University of London. In 1963 he returned to Edmonton where he began a 30 year position as a professor