George A. McQuaid, Sr., 92, of Bloomsbury, died Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at his home.

He was a steel fabricator for F.L. Smidth and Company, Lebanon, N.J. for forty-one years, retiring in 1982.

Born March 13, 1912 in Chambersburg, Pa., he was a son of the late Harry and Clara Varner McQuaid.

He attended the Bloomsbury United Methodist Church, Bloomsbury.

He graduated from the Pratt Institute of Technology, Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1933.

He was a long-time volunteer for the Bloomsbury Hose Co. No. 1 and the Bloomsbury Fire Police and was a founder of the Share Food Program in Bloomsbury. He was a former member and past president of the Red Oak Citizen's Band Radio Club and was a member of the IUE-AFL-CIO-CLC-Steelworkers Union.

His wife of sixty-eight years, the former Dorothy G. Jones died February 26, 2003.

He is survived by a daughter, Alice J. Stone and her husband, Hugh of Bloomsbury; four grandchildren, Brian McQuaid, Missy Urban and her husband James, Rhonda Stone, Cynthia Durholz and her husband Michael; five great-grandchildren, Samantha Urban, Hillary Frankenfield, Andrew Durholz and Tammy and Kelly McQuaid. A son, George A., Jr., died earlier.

A graveside service will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday, September 3, 2004 in the Bloomsbury Cemetery. The Rev. Forrest Shue will officiate the services. The Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg is handling the arrangements. Online condolences may be submitted at www.noto-wynkoop.com. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Bloomsbury Hose Co.