George B. Handy
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Standard-Examiner
Wed, 09/07/2011 - 2:56pm
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George B. Handy of Ogden celebrated his 90th birthday at a reunion/dinner with family.
He was born on Aug. 26, 1921, in Rigby, Idaho, the son of David E. and Zina Eliza Brown Handy.
From 1941 to 1943, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Northwestern States. He attended Weber College and graduated from the University of Utah College of Law in 1947. At U of U, he affiliated with Sigma Chi Fraternity and was chapter president.
On March 31, 1950, he married June Smith in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. His children and spouses are Stephen G. and Holly Handy, Susan and Kirk Sanders, Mark D. Handy, Elaine Reintjes, Anne and Raymond Jones, and Preston L. Handy. He has 22 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. His wife died in 2006.
He practiced law in Ogden, retiring in 2010 after 61 years. He was briefly chief prosecutor for the Weber County Attorney's Office from 1967 to 1969, president of the Weber County Bar Association and honored as Utah's Lawyer of the Year in 2004.
He is a 1939 Ogden High School graduate. He has been active in his church and community, serving as bishop of the Highland LDS Ward, president of the Weber State University Alumni Association, chairman of Ogden Pioneer Days and vice chairman of the Utah Board of Corrections for 16 years. He and his wife served as grand marshalls of Ogden Pioneer Days in 1989.
He enjoys time with his family on vacations, fishing, hunting, and raising and riding horses at the family farm in Liberty.
