George Carey

George Carey Dies at 75 Montgomery County residents are paying tribute to George H. Carey, Jr., a long time community leader, organizer and business owner who died May 14 at his home in Montgomeryville. According to his wife Patricia, he passed away in his sleep early Saturday morning following a lengthy illness as a result of dementia. Mr. Carey was president of the Ambler Rotary Club in 1979-1980. George never turned down the opportunity to serve on a committee or take on another responsibility with the club, says fellow Rotarian and Certified Financial Planner Eric Faddis. With the help of Rotary, Carey organized and directed the Ambler Holiday parade for many years. Charles Dager, of Dager & Dager Realtors and long time Rotarian commented, I worked alongside George for many years on the Parade Committee. That's a good example of the thoroughness and joyful support that George gave to a hard job. Just picture trying to line up all the fire engines that came in from all over Montgomery County. The parade continues to be a focal point in the Ambler area at the start of the holiday season. He also served as president of the Wissahickon Valley Chamber of Commerce and as Exec...[more]

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ve Director, appointed in 1991. While managing the chamber he was pivotal in establishing the Ambler Main Street Program, a community effort aimed at revitalization of the downtown Ambler Borough business district. When the Christian cinema was closing it was really George Carey's vision that saved that gem for the community, commented Geoffrey Ries, Executive Vice President of Gessner Products of North Main Street in Ambler, the theatre has been the engine that propelled the rebirth of Ambler. When the WVCC merged with the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce in Norristown, Carey continued as Vice President of Membership Services. When George volunteered to do something you knew that everything would be taken care of, says Elaine Hubing, Ambler businesswoman and former owner of The Hub. In his past service to the community Carey was a member of the Ambler YMCA board of directors, participated as a mentor in the Future Business Leaders of America program at Upper Dublin High School, and provided a community voice to the Perkins Grant Committee of Montgomery County Community College. Along with his brother John Carey he operated Boiler Erection & Repair Co., formerly of 200 South Main Street in Ambler where he served as president until 1988. Carey was a graduate of Springfield Township High School and the College of Commerce and Engineering at Drexel University where he belonged to the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He is also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Scottish Rite, Benjamin Franklin Consistory and Lulu Temple Shrine. While in school at Drexel he sang with the Glee Club. His love of music and singing continued throughout his life as both a director and member of several church choirs and more recently with the North Penn Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society where he has also served as chapter president in addition to singing with the chorus. Mr. Carey is survived by his wife of 51 years Patricia, sons George Carey III, J. Craig Carey, and Michael Carey, daughter Colleen Kwortnik, his brother John and wife Elizabeth Carey, sister Jean and husband Robert Gough of Albuquerque, NM. He is also survived by brother in-law J. Stuart Craig and his wife Dorothy Kollinger, sister-in-law Joan Zubler, grandchildren Mark Kwortnik, Jr., Carey Kwortnik, Justin Monroe, Wil Melden, Sally Heller and Aimee Ricci, as well as eight great-grandchildren and eight nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents G. Howard Carey and Agnes Carey and his in-laws Percy and Agnes Craig. A memorial service will be held at St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church, 211 S. Main Street, North Wales, PA on Thursday, May 19th. Friends are invited to greet the family at 10 AM and the formal service will follow at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Peters Church directly or to the Barbershop Harmony Society, Lansdale Chapter, P.O. Box 1401, Lansdale, PA 19446.