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George Donald Gwizd, 90, of Old Saybrook, formerly of West Hartford, beloved husband of Christine Lozito Gwizd, passed away July 28. George was born on July 10, 1928, in Hartford, son of Samuel and Mary Gwizd.

He graduated from Bulkeley High School and the University of Hartford. George served in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Korea, where he photographed enemy territory and befriended local children. He worked for the Phoenix Insurance Company for 42 years. While on the job, he took to walking a coworker home two miles after work each day, despite the fact, as she later found out, that he hated walking. She was Christine, his beloved wife of 67 years. George and Christine were deeply involved in the towns of West Hartford and Old Saybrook. George served as secretary of the Water Pollution Control Authority in Old Saybrook and as a member of the US Power Squadron. An avid boater, he loved fishing for blue fish and organized deep-sea fishing trips into his late eighties. Above all, George loved Great Hammock Beach and its residents, and served as president of the beach association for more than 30 years.

George was predeceased by his sister-in-law Salvatrice and brother-in-law Louis. Besides his wife Christine, George is survived by his daughter Mary-Jo Loveland and her husband R. Scott of Farmington, and by his son George Gwizd, Jr., and his wife Debbie of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts. George is also survived by four loving grandchildren, Katherine Altman and her husband David of Sudbury, Massachusetts; Kristen Loveland and her husband Stephen Wertheim of Brooklyn, New York; Andrew Loveland of Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Samantha Gwizd of Knoxville, Tennessee. George is also survived by two great-grandchildren, Colin and Brooke Altman of Sudbury, Massachusetts; and by his nephew Michael Michaud and niece Mary Ann Terk.

Relatives and friends may join the family for calling hours on Friday, Aug. 17 at Swan Funeral Home, 1224 Boston Post Rd., Old Saybrook, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Aug. 17 at 11:30 a.m. at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church, 161 Main St., Old Saybrook. Donations may be made in George’s memory to St. John’s Roman Catholic Church.