George P. Fernandez Sr. P.E., P.S.

George P. Fernandez Sr., 88, Dorothy Love Retirement
Community, 2500 N. Kuther Rd., Sidney, Ohio died at the
retirement community on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 11:02
AM of natural causes. He was born April 26, 1924 in
Honolulu, Hawaii the son of Emanuel C. and Theolenda
Geraldine (Cordiero) Fernandez and they are deceased.
Surviving are six children, George Paul Jr. and wife Myrna
of Midland, Michigan, John R. of Huntingtown, Maryland,
William J. and wife Denise of Colorado Springs, Colorado,
Tom and wife Conda of Sidney, M. Catherine Vernon and
husband David of Cincinnati, and M. Elizabeth Bailey and
husband Richard of Fort Loramie, Ohio; one sister-in-law,
Rita Jones of Minster, Ohio; 11 grandchildren, 21 greatgreat
grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild, and one
niece and one nephew. One sister, Letitia Jones is
deceased. Mr. Fernandez married Adele Hoying, May 28,
1949 and she died November 30, 2010. Mr. Fernandez was
born and raised in Hawaii. One of his memories was
meeting Babe Ruth. Fernandez and his cousin sat on a
bench with Ruth one whole game. Fernandez attended high
school at St. Louis College, now called St. Louis High
School. Founded in 1848, the all-boys school was staffed
with Catholic brothers. In 1944, Fernandez came to the
United States mainland. He attended the University of
Cincinnati to earn his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil
Engineering. Fernandez worked for Freytag and Associates
in Sidney as a civil engineer and licensed surveyor for many
years. He was active in the local and regional Boys Scouts
at one time; he was a member of the Sunset Sidney Kiwanis
at one time and then the Sidney Noon Kiwanis, served on
the Resident Executive Committee at Dorothy Love
Retirement Community, was a member of Holy Angels
Catholic Church where he sang in the church choir and was
a cantor, and taught at Edison State Community College in
Piqua as an engineering teacher. A Mass of Christian Burial
will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 10:30 AM with
Rev. Daniel Hess. Friends may call at Salm-McGill and
Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney on Monday, May 7,
2012 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM at the funeral home and at the
funeral home on Tuesday, from 9-10 AM. Burial will be at
a later date at St. Augustine’s Cemetery in Minster, Ohio.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Holy Angels
Church Choir, 324 South Ohio Ave., Sidney, Ohio 45365