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Old 11-02-2022, 07:39 PM   #1
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I just saw on Facebook that George Randall has passed away. If you have been an islander for a while you would have known George. Quite the character indeed. Full of stories. He spent many winters on Cow, he was a year round resident.

He loved playing with our bulldog when he would come to deliver propane, usually with a cigarette in his mouth when leak testing

RIP George
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Old 11-02-2022, 07:52 PM   #2
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Thanks for sharing that news Codeman…

Very sad indeed… He was a good man and quite the character to say the least! He took care of all our propane needs on the island for the past 15 years. Always had a cigarette going when testing the regulators!

You will be missed George! RIP

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Old 11-03-2022, 04:30 PM   #3
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We have many memories of time with George, who would often stop by at Sandy for Friday night roast beef dinner as well as many barge trips and propane work - as others have said, typically with a lit cigarette in his mouth. I once spent a number of Saturday mornings with George when the lake level was low and we used the Kitty Belle as the bridge between the Sandy 2 and the dock at North Woods and I was working to greet our campers and help them navigate. Let's just say the conversation with George was.....eclectic??
The lake won't be the same without him!!
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Old 11-03-2022, 07:16 PM   #4
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George sure was one of a kind. Yes, he was quite the character, and he was also a very smart guy and talented musician. I recall him telling me that he taught a course in renaissance literature for Dartmouth. RIP George, it was a pleasure knowing you.
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Old 11-06-2022, 01:54 PM   #5
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He will be missed at the Contra Dances, fiddling away
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Here's George's obituary:

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/comm...ca9ef5434.html
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This is a classic George picture. I think it is the first year he had the Kitty Belle so it would be the summer of 1998.
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Definitely a classic pic of George!!! Cigarette 6" from a propane tank! That was George!!

Thanks for posting that pic!

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