George Thomas Dick
George Thomas Dick, 60, of Richmond, VA, passed away on September 16, 2024, from complications after a long illness. George was born on February 21, 1964, in Amsterdam, NY, to the late Ronald Dick who passed away in 2005 and Rebecca Riley Dick, who passed away in 1971. George graduated Amsterdam High School in 1982.
He is survived by his brother Terence Dick and his wife Debra of Richmond, VA; brother Timothy Dixon and his wife Jennifer of Amsterdam, NY; Uncle Theodore Dick of Amsterdam, NY; Aunt Arlene Malinosky and her husband, Mike Malinosky, of Marco Island, FL; Nephew Stephen Dick of Ballston Spa, NY, and his wife, Megan along with their children Cameron and Harper; Nephew Nathan Dick of Broadalbin, NY; and Niece Allison Dixon of Amsterdam, NY.
George had many, many friends who loved and respected him.
In 1996 George moved to Richmond along with his brother, Terry, to pursue opportunities in the building trade. He loved his work and for the last 10 years was employed by a private contractor and they produced quality work throughout Richmond. Whether it be a new garage, handicap ramp, renovating historic buildings in Richmond, he would take a picture and show how proud he was of the creation.
George was very athletic and loved competition. He was a top contender on his high school football team and his love of the sport never died. George passed along everything he knew about football to his nephew Stephen Dick who then played throughout his time in high school. He was an outdoorsman in every sense of the word. George was an awesome fisherman. There was hardly a weekend he wasn’t on some lake or river catching his dinner. He looked forward to hunting in the fall with his father and then all through his life. George could put up a pup tent just about anywhere and be happy out in the night with the moon and stars shining down. He loved playing horseshoes, darts, and yard games.
That is why it is so sad that for the last several years of his life he was not able to do any of these things. He had developed severe pain in his back and leg which resulted in falls that led to him having to quit his beloved work, to go on crutches for a while, and then undergo cervical fusion surgery on his neck in 2021, which did not help him, followed by spinal fusion surgery in 2022, after which he never recovered and complications set in from being in bed. But George never gave up hope. He always thought he would get better and walk again. For someone who lived the lifestyle he had of always being outside, it was humbling at how brave and hopeful he was.
George loved to eat and there was nothing that he didn’t like. Right up to the end, he was waiting for the pizza from Bosco’s that his brother Terry was going to bring back for him from his trip home to the Amsterdam, NY, area. On Sept. 8, Terry delivered the pizza and George was pretty darn happy for the pizza and seeing his brother, his best friend.
It was George’s wish to be cremated, and his family and close friends will have a celebration of life at a later date in his home town of Cranesville, NY, at which time his ashes will be set free where his heart was….in the place he grew up on Patton Hill Rd. (now Baldwin Rd.), in those woods and fields that he roamed as a boy and a man, and where he returned every year. Ashes will also be placed in the family plot at The West Glenville Cemetery.
Donations may be made in George’s memory to Cranesville Reformed Church, 105 Cranes Hollow Rd., Amsterdam, NY 12010, or Cranesville Volunteer Fire Department, 167 Riverview Drive, Amsterdam, NY 12010.
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