These comments were culled from Face Book. In no particular order. Jane Blust Eddy May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, ... may God hold you in the palm of His hand. Rest in peace George. My brother lost his battle with the damn cancer last night. Wanted to let his friends here know this and please pass the news on to others that knew him for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tina Prideaux RIP George, we will miss your kind and gentle ways, so long my friend. May God bless your soul. ♥ Our condolences to the family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connie Betters George was a kind caring man who has been an important part of my family’s life. You are much loved and will be missed greatly. My heart is so sad..”fair winds and following seas” my friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Howey Fair winds and following seas to the finest shipmate, friend and gentleman I have known. You touched so many lives for many years. We are all better people for being in your presence. May you rest in eternal peace and may God embrace you in heaven. Aloha my buddy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary Guinn George is one of my best little buddy I hate to hear that he was a good man hes got my prayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Earl Rowe My twin brother Merel and I were sad to hear of George’s passing. (Merel is not on facebook.) Last year in Branson was the first time my wife had met him, she was very impressed with his personality and talked about his up-beat attitude. I miss the good old days in Pearl Harbor and Taiwan and all the other places we went. George was always fun and had kind words for others. RIP shipmate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Carlson I also am very sorry to hear that my fellow shipmate has passed. George and I were shipmates from 1966 to 1968. God bless you and your family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Russell Beckman You will be missed shipment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connie Betters Jane, please accept Joe’s and my deepest sympathies. George was a true friend who cared deeply for his family and friends. My prayer for you and your family is that God will surround you with His love and peace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connie Betters Also, Jane please let us know about the funeral arrangements. Thank you, Connie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Howey Jane, our deepest condolences you and your family. I was a shipmate and friend as well. I made a post on his page today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joanne Blum George was a super guy. He will be terribly missed. Joanne and Jerry Blum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joseph Betters Jane, I can't express the feeling I have at hearing of George’s passing. Others here have said it much better than I could. I spent many hours with George. Driving across country to reunions and visiting at each others homes. I do wish you and your family peace knowing he is not suffering. Please contact me at jbetters@ussvance.com. I will if possible make it to his funeral and make arrangements to pick up the ships memorabilia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connie Betters Farewell dear George....one of my dearest memories...Grampa George and Grace in 2005!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce Swanson Goodbye dear friend and shipmate. You will be missed by the rest of the USS Vance crew. May you enjoy smooth sailing and fair seas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce Swanson Many of us were mortally wounded in Vietnam because we were exposed to Agent Orange, we just haven’t died yet, except for my friend George Blust who died today. You will be missed by your brothers in arms so very much. Fair seas and smooth sailing on the rest of your journey old friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Coan Sorry for your loss Brother. More and more of us dropping off. I look around the Vietnam Vets club here and so many are gone. Two walking around with trachs just waiting for it to take them. ???? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy Deane Heartfelt condolensces!!! Some gave all and I'm truly sorry one of your friends is included in that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anita Lynn I’m sorry for your loss. Prayers sent for his Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diana Thompson So very sorry Bruce. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joseph Betters Since I heard about George this afternoon I've been on the verge of tears. George and I spent many days together driving to reunions. Visiting at each others homes. All my grandkids loved George. I am placing all the comments I can find onto a webpage to honor George. There are many who do not use FB and they need to see the respect this man has earned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alma Shaffer August 2 at 10:05 PM Robert and I are very saddened to here of George’s passing. He was such a blessing to be with. Rest In Peace George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birthnes Rougeau Rest in HEAVEN shipmate. Reunited with your love ones who have transitioned before you. Thank you for your friendship and the time we shared. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joanne Blum Jane, I am part of the ships Reunion group. Please find a way to get in touch with me. I am working on our Ship's Reunion, and have been talking to George every month or so. I won't put my email or phone number on Facebook. However, I can be reached on messenger. Joanne Blum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce Swanson August 3 at 7:55 AM Thank you Joe, you have always been the glue that holds our small remnant together! May the Lord continue to abundantly bless you and our old crew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gwen Yoes Van Norman August 3 at 9:33 AM George and I made a lot of water aboard ship. Gonna miss my shipmate buddy. Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terry Farstvedt August 3 at 11:03 AM So sorry to hear this news. Prayers for all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~