{"id":440,"date":"2010-08-09T08:52:30","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhnsp.server285.com\/topshack\/?p=440"},"modified":"2016-10-15T22:29:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T02:29:30","slug":"obit-an-nsp-legend-george-wesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: George Wesson, Ski Patroller"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>George Frye Wesson Jr., 89, of\u00a0Rutland\u00a0died Monday morning September 6, 2010 at the Pines atRutland\u00a0following a brief illness. \u00a0He was born in\u00a0Worcester\u00a0, Ma. July 4th<\/sup> 1921 the son of George and Ellen (Nystrom) Wesson.<\/p>\n

As a child he was raised in Worcester,\u00a0MA.,\u00a0attended local schools graduating from South High inWorcester\u00a0,\u00a0MA\u00a0and the Worcester Poly Tec with a degree in engineering.\u00a0 Following graduation he entered the US Army and served with the 10th<\/sup> Mountain Division during the Second World War and at the time of discharge had earned the rank of Staff Sergeant.<\/p>\n

Mr. Wesson was a former resident of\u00a0Stowe\u00a0,\u00a0VT.\u00a0,\u00a0Waitsfield\u00a0,\u00a0VT.\u00a0, and\u00a0Claremont\u00a0MA\u00a0.\u00a0being\u00a0aRutland\u00a0,\u00a0VT\u00a0resident since 1963.\u00a0 At the time of his retirement he was Engineering Supervisor for Building and Construction at the Killington Ski Resort, having participated in the construction of the ski area, and served as the first Ski Patrol Director.\u00a0Prior to that he served as Ski Patrol Director atMount Mansfield\u00a0,\u00a0Sugarbush\u00a0Resort, and Thunder Mountain Ski Area (now Berkshire East).\u00a0He was a member of the National Ski Patrol System since its formation in 1938, serving for a time as Northern Vermont Region Director, and was the founder of the organization\u2019s Certified program.\u00a0\u00a0At the time of his death he was among the National Ski Patrol\u2019s oldest living and most honored members.\u00a0\u00a0He was also among the founders, an early member and one of the most dedicated supporters of the Professional Ski Patrollers Association (PSPA).\u00a0\u00a0He was also a strong supporter and significant contributor to both the\u00a0New England\u00a0Ski\u00a0Museum\u00a0and the\u00a0Vermont\u00a0Ski\u00a0Museum\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Mr. Wesson was active in scouting and served as Scout Leader, and as a Senior Scout Advisor in Stowe.\u00a0\u00a0He was a Mason and Past Master of the Stowe F&AM Lodge and also was a member and trustee of the\u00a0Stowe\u00a0Community\u00a0Church\u00a0, and a member of the Grace Congregational, United Church of Christ in\u00a0Rutland\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Survivors includes 4 daughters, Janet Whitney and Rebecca Ross of Rutland, Laura Wesson of Bellows Falls and Jennifer\u00a0Hoon\u00a0of Arvada, CO., and by his son Andrew Wesson of Rutland, a sister Eleanor Wesson of Worcester, MA, 5 grandsons, 2 grand daughters and two great grand daughters and one great grandson.<\/p>\n

He was predeceased by his wife Nancy\u00a0(Raymond) Wesson on March 19th<\/sup> 1998..<\/p>\n

There will be no Calling Hours.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Memorial services will be held at a later date.\u00a0 Private burial will be in the\u00a0Riverside\u00a0Cemetery\u00a0in Killington.<\/p>\n

George will be missed by his family and many friends.\u00a0 Acelebration of George’s life will be July 4, 2011… This would have been his 90th birthday<\/p>\n

Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association,\u00a01 Kennedy Drive, Suite L8\u00a0,\u00a0South Burlington\u00a0,\u00a0Vermont\u00a005403\u00a0or the American Lung Association of Vermont,\u00a0372 Hurricane Lane, Suite 101\u00a0,\u00a0Williston\u00a0,\u00a0Vermont\u00a005495<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George Frye Wesson Jr., 89, of\u00a0Rutland\u00a0died Monday morning September 6, 2010 at the Pines atRutland\u00a0following a brief illness. \u00a0He was born in\u00a0Worcester\u00a0, Ma. July 4th 1921 the son of George and Ellen (Nystrom) Wesson. As a child he was raised in Worcester,\u00a0MA.,\u00a0attended local schools graduating from South High inWorcester\u00a0,\u00a0MA\u00a0and the Worcester Poly Tec with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-memoriam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3741,"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions\/3741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/NewHampshireRegionNSP.org\/topshack\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}