Deceased June 19, 2021
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George H. Plough, age 99, passed away June 19 after a brief stay in hospice. George is survived by his wife of 68 years, Louann Plough, and was predeceased by his parents, Harold and Frances Plough; his brother, Irvin Plough; and his grandson, Jeffrey Doolittle. George’s father was a marine biology professor at Amherst. George grew up on Dana Street in Amherst and spent many summers in Woods Hole, Mass., on Cape Cod, where his father did research.
George was an English major at Amherst and a member of the DU fraternity. In July 1942, George enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Due to World War II, his graduation was accelerated to the summer of 1943, whereupon he began his officer’s training at the U.S. Navy Reserve Midshipmen’s School at Notre Dame University. He spent his naval tenure on three LSTs, participating in the liberation of Southern France in August 1944. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in October 1946.
He taught English at Solebury School in Pennsylvania, where he met his wife. They spent 50 years in Pennsylvania, raising three children. George left teaching to help run the family’s commercial laundry, Blakely Laundry.
George played ice hockey into his early 70s. He enjoyed woodworking, birding, hiking, camping and the outdoors, photography and gardening. He carried on his mother's love of jelly making, and beach plum jelly was a favorite. He liked to travel, taking the family on three trips cross-country when the children were younger. After retirement, he and Louann traveled globally and spent time with their daughter’s family in Paris. They also spent summers at their place on the Cape, where he loved collecting sea glass. He leaves behind three children, their spouses and six grandchildren, and he just missed seeing three great-grandchildren.
Alan Plough
