George Maynard Cochran of Fairfax, Virginia, formerly of Waldorf, Maryland died peacefully on January 18, 2019. Born July 3. 1928 in Wyandotte, Michigan, he was the husband of the late Betty Jean (Johnson) Cochran for 67 years. He is predeceased by his father Charles Avard Cochran, mother Lena Bell (Dyson) Cochran, brothers Lawrence, Robert, Philip, Harry, Ronald, Jack, sister Joanne, son-in-law Gregory Altieri and a granddaughter Hannah Cochran.
George loved sports and spending time with his family. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and was employed as a printer/typesetter for the Daily Jeffersonian in Cambridge, Ohio and Daytona Beach News-Journal, in Daytona Beach, Florida. He retired from the Federal Government as a proofreader for the US Government Printing/Publishing Office (GPO) in Washington, DC. His devoted daughter cared for him in the last 4 years of his life.
George is survived by his three children, Mark Cochran, and his wife Patricia of Holly Springs, Georgia, Christine Altieri of Fairfax, Virginia, Thomas Cochran and his wife Lorraine of Dunkirk, Maryland; eight grandchildren Brandy Stegall, Zachary Cochran, Gregory, Rosalie and Vincent Altieri and Josiah, Olivia and Emma Cochran; two great-grandchildren Jalen Cochran and Jacob Stegall.
A private burial will be held together with his wife who died ten days ago. A family service will be planned at the unveiling of their headstones at Maryland’s Veterans Cemetery in Cheltenham, Maryland.
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