With sadness we deal with the passing of our brother George Louis Ligocki from lung cancer.
George was born in Bellingham to Alice (Hess) and John Ligocki on April 21, 1949. He grew up in Nooksack and graduated from Nooksack Valley High School in 1967. He served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1974, including 15 months in Vietnam where he was a truck driver. This was to be his profession, as he retired in 2011 from Miles Sand and Gravel (Concrete Norwest) after many years driving cement truck for several local companies. He was a member of Teamsters Local 231. He was known as a competent and likeable friendly co-worker.
The first boy after two sisters, he learned to drive tractor early on from his dad’s lap. This translated to his lifelong passion with cars, notably muscle cars, his pride and joy being his ’72 Plymouth Barracuda. If he could have chosen a second middle name, it would have been Mopar.
His other passion was music, particularly ‘60’s and ‘70’s rock, blues and country rock. He had a vast library of LPs and CDs which would be hard to replace these days; he played these on a variety of high-end equipment. We siblings knew who to call regarding any question as to who sang what, what band they were formerly in, etc. We will miss long conversations on the phone and in person about TV shows, movies and music.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers-in-law Gary Prentice and Jim Zender and nephew Ian Eshuis.
He is survived by four sisters, Adelle (Steve) Hamel of Anacortes, MaryAnn (Lee) Burgess of Bellingham, Alice Jeanne (Bill) Kuhl of Olympia and Michelle (Cliff) Eshuis of Bellingham; brother Frank (Marykay) Ligocki of Seaside, Oregon; Aunt Myrtle Martin; close friend and cousin Butch Hannah; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial graveside service will be held in Nooksack Cemetery at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, with a reception afterwards.
To anyone who knew George, very independent, he remained “George” to the end.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Sig’s Funeral and Cremation Services.
