George Brent Marvosh

George Brent Marvosh, 70, of Great Falls, passed away Friday, May 25, 2018. Per his request, no services are being planned. His remains will be placed next to his parents and grandparents at the Helper Utah Cemetery. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Schnider Funeral Home. George was born in Standardville, Utah on July 29, 1947, a small company owned coal mining town, his father was a coal miner and his grandfather operated the coal town’s saloon. His father left the mines after a cave in killed his friends and used the G.I. Bill from his WW II US Marines Corp Service to attend the University of Utah where he obtained a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. He spent his youth in Idaho Falls, Idaho where his father was employed as an engineer designing atomic reactors. He moved to California in the late 1950's and graduated from Canoga Park High School in 1965 where he was a Los Angeles Times 1st team high school football player. He graduated from California State University in 1970 with a B.S. degree in Business Administration and attended one year graduate studies at Loyola University. He was employed as a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs assigned to the Los Angeles Regional Office. During his time in Los Angeles Police Department he was a patrolman, narcotics, robbery, homicide detective, and a patrol sergeant. He moved to Great Falls, Montana in 1978, and was employed by the Great Falls Police Department. He married Shirley Crocker of Great Falls in 1979. He left law enforcement and was employed by the former First Federal Savings and Loan of Great Falls. He obtained a second degree in accounting from the University of Great Falls and became a Certified Public Accountant. He was promoted to Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of both United Savings Bank and United Financial Corporation of Great Falls, Montana until their purchase in 1998 by Heritage Bank. He then went to work as a licensed tax CPA for Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, CPA's of Great Falls and retired in 2008. George was a past member and president of the Great Falls Lions Club, past chairman of the Great Falls Police Commission, and past member of the Montana Society of CPA's and the AlCPA. He enjoyed many years of golf with his wife and friends. He was grateful for the lifelong love of his wife Shirley and the privilege of living in the Big Sky. He was thankful to have been born an American and grateful for the veterans who sacrificed so much and fought for his freedom. His biggest life disappointment was the failure of our self-serving politicians to come together to solve America's problems. “How do I sum up my life, extremely lucky and grateful.” George is survived by the love of his life for 39 years, his wife, Shirley “Flower;” brother Mitch of Santa Barbara, CA; and sister Susan Speer of Bell Canyon, CA. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.