George F. Sarrouf, 73
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — George Francis Sarrouf, 73, of 213 Sand Springs Road died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. He was a former member of the Planning Board and a was the town's civil defense director.
Born in North Adams on April 2, 1936, son of Toffie and Leza Sarrouf, he attended North Adams schools including Drury High School, where he played the trombone in the marching and dance bands. He graduated from Wilbraham Academy and received an associate's degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology. He later received his bachelor's degree in physics and master's in education from North Adams State College.
Mr. Sarrouf taught physics and mathematics at McCann Technical School for 26 years. He first worked at IB Moore Rubber in Boston as a machine tool designer for about five years and at the former Hunter Machine and Sprague Electric companies in North Adams as a draftsman. He also worked for Union Carbide as quality control process engineer and taught automotive design at Melrose High School, physics and math at Southern Vermont College and industrial arts at Mount Greylock Regional High School.
He was a communicant of Sts. Patrick & Raphael Church. George was a major in the Civil Air Patrol and a squadron commander of the Harriman & West Airport Composite Squadron. He directed personnel on many search-and-rescue missions of downed aircraft in the area and was an assistant airport manager. He was treasurer of the Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club and a past board member of the North Adams Historical Society.
He and his wife, the former Marcia A. Gamari, were married Aug. 14, 1965, in the former St. Anthony of Padua Church in North Adams.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Michael G. Sarrouf and his wife, Lenora, of North Adams; a daughter, Julie A. Yale and her husband, David, of Bethel, Conn.; a brother, Camille F. Sarrouf of Belmont, a granddaughter, Emma Jane Yale, and nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL NOTICE — A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Mr. Sarrouf will be celebrated Thursday, Nov. 5, at 11 from St. Patrick's Church, Williamstown. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery, North Adams.
Calling hours will be Thursday morning from 9 to 10:30 at Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams. Memorial donations are suggested for St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital or St. Patrick's Food Pantry in care of the funeral home.