GEORGE A. PETRICCIONE, PASSED ON FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010, AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AFTER A MONTHS-LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. AN INCREDIBLY WISE, LOVING, FAIR, GIVING AND TALENTED MAN THAT LEAVES AN INDELIBLE LEGACY TO SO MANY. GEORGE LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST, FORMING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WOULD LAST A LIFETIME AND BEYOND, PLAYING ANY AND ALL SPORTS AND EXCELLING IN EACH. GEORGE HAD NATURAL TALENT FOR ANYTHING HE CHOSE TO ENDEAVOR, WHETHER TECHNICAL, MECHANICAL OR BUILDING MOST ANYTHING, HE LOVED AND THRIVED ON CHALLENGE. ALWAYS A WILLING MENTOR AND COUNSELOR, HE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY, BUT MOST OF ALL HIS BELOVED WIFE, REBECCA, HIS DEVOTED SON, TONY, HIS BROTHER, LAWRENCE AND HIS MOTHER, VIRGINIA. GEORGE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, LAWRENCE. AFTER GROWING UP IN THE BRONX, NY, GEORGE SERVED IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE, THEN BEGAN A CAREER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS. IN 1984, HE CO-FOUNDED AFFILIATED TELEPHONE, INC., IN DALLAS, TX. GEORGE’S BUSINESS CAREER WAS DISTINGUISHED BY HIS TIRELESS DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE AND HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HIS PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AND CLIENTS. BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER, UNCLE, AND FRIEND, GEORGE SHALL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED, INSPIRED, AND LOVED BY ALL FOR HIS EXUBERANT SPIRIT AND UNSELFISH CONCERN AND SUPPORT FOR OTHERS. THE FAMILY WILL GREET FRIENDS MONDAY, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM AT TURRENTINE, JACKSON, MORROW FUNERAL HOME, ALLEN, TX. MASS AND FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, 11:00 AM AT ST. JUDE’S RCC, ALLEN, TX. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ENCOURAGES DONATIONS TO HOSPICE COMPASSUS, DALLAS, TX, WHO RECENTLY SERVED THE FAMILY WITH SUCH COMPASSION AND GRACE.