George S. Low

George S. Low passed away on August 16, 2015. Born on March 7, 1929 in Tuxedo, NY, George spent his early years in Monroe, NY.  He and his mother later moved to Dobbs Ferry, NY where he graduated from high school. In 1948, George entered the US Air Force. He was trained as a radio operator/maintenance specialist but he left the service less than a year later as a PFC on a hardship discharge to attend to his mother, Catherine (Kitty) Tehan Low.

In 1958, George met his life-long partner, John Swansboro.  In 1995 they moved to the Oakland Park section of Fort Lauderdale where they resided until their deaths.

George was the son of Arthur and Kitty Low who predeceased him. John predeceased George in 2008.  George is survived by his second cousin, Nancy J. Wilt, of Weston, CT and her siblings, his nephew Arthur Low of Wyoming, Michigan, and John’s relatives all of whom called him “Uncle or Cousin George.” 

A favorite subject was chemistry. He had his own darkroom and a passion for developing his own photos. He was a self-taught ‘pop music’ pianist and later volunteered to teach the blind to play. He was an avid ham radio operator with the call sign “K2KPP.” He learned to fly, enjoyed boats and cars, and traveled to Central and South America and Europe to visit friends. He recently fulfilled two long-standing wishes to travel to Alaska and the Mediterranean Sea. 

One of George’s first jobs at Philips Laboratories centered on glass blowing cathode ray tubes and assisting scientists in building prototype electronic circuits.  He then became a sales person at the Lambda Power Company, a division of Philips.  Subsequently, he assumed a sales role for Honeywell.  Later he had his own businesses installing Muzak, running a limo service, and installing custom burglar and alarm systems. 

George will always be associated with his energetic and unequivocal insistence of a prompt and vigorous “5 O’clock Cocktail Hour” accompanied by classical music. His gruff demeanor belied a generous soul who was one-of-a-kind and marched to his own drummer. 
 

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