GEORGE RAYMOND ASAY, 85, a retired inspector with the uniformed division of the Secret Service who was active in church and Masonic organizations, died Oct. 11 at his home in Pinellas Park, Fla. He had diabetes.
A native of Iowa, Mr. Asay lived in the Washington area for 41 years before moving to Florida in 1965.
He spent six years with the Metropolitan Police Department before joining the Secret Service uniformed division in 1931. He served at the White House until retiring in 1958. He then did accounting work for the Willard Hotel until retiring a second time in 1965.
Mr. Asay had been a charter member and deacon of the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church in Washington. He was past master of Anacostia Masonic Lodge No. 21.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, of Pinellas Park; one son, Ray Asay of Dallas; two brothers, Grayton Asay of Iowa and John Asay of British Columbia; four sisters, Esther Oliver of Grantville, Pa., Dorothy Bates of British Columbia, Helen Salmon of Lutherville, Md., and Jean Simons of Saskatchewan; nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
ASAY, GEORGE R., 85, of 4217 96th Ter. N, Pinellas Park, died Sunday (Oct. 11, 1987). Born in Griswold, Iowa, he came here in 1972 from Washington, D.C., where he was an inspector of the uniformed division of the U.S. Secret Service at the White House and served under three presidents, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. He was with the White House police from 1931 until he retired in 1958 and had previously served the Metropolitan Police Department for more than six years. During World War II, he served on the detail at Lee, Mass., in charge of security for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Locally, he was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. In Washington, he was past master of the Anacosta Lodge 21 F &AM, past patron of Electa Chapter 2 OES and a member of Knights Templar of the York Rite and of Tall Cedars. Survivors include his wife, Mary; a son, George R. Jr., Dallas; a daughter, Avis A. Coltrain, Arlington, Texas; two brothers, John, British Columbia, and Graydon, Iowa; four sisters, Esther Oliver, Grantville, Pa., Helen Salmon, Lutherville, Md., Dorothy Bates and Jean Simmons of Saskatchewan, Canada; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Bobbitt Funeral Chapel, St. Petersburg.
A native of Iowa, Mr. Asay lived in the Washington area for 41 years before moving to Florida in 1965.
He spent six years with the Metropolitan Police Department before joining the Secret Service uniformed division in 1931. He served at the White House until retiring in 1958. He then did accounting work for the Willard Hotel until retiring a second time in 1965.
Mr. Asay had been a charter member and deacon of the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church in Washington. He was past master of Anacostia Masonic Lodge No. 21.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, of Pinellas Park; one son, Ray Asay of Dallas; two brothers, Grayton Asay of Iowa and John Asay of British Columbia; four sisters, Esther Oliver of Grantville, Pa., Dorothy Bates of British Columbia, Helen Salmon of Lutherville, Md., and Jean Simons of Saskatchewan; nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
ASAY, GEORGE R., 85, of 4217 96th Ter. N, Pinellas Park, died Sunday (Oct. 11, 1987). Born in Griswold, Iowa, he came here in 1972 from Washington, D.C., where he was an inspector of the uniformed division of the U.S. Secret Service at the White House and served under three presidents, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. He was with the White House police from 1931 until he retired in 1958 and had previously served the Metropolitan Police Department for more than six years. During World War II, he served on the detail at Lee, Mass., in charge of security for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Locally, he was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. In Washington, he was past master of the Anacosta Lodge 21 F &AM, past patron of Electa Chapter 2 OES and a member of Knights Templar of the York Rite and of Tall Cedars. Survivors include his wife, Mary; a son, George R. Jr., Dallas; a daughter, Avis A. Coltrain, Arlington, Texas; two brothers, John, British Columbia, and Graydon, Iowa; four sisters, Esther Oliver, Grantville, Pa., Helen Salmon, Lutherville, Md., Dorothy Bates and Jean Simmons of Saskatchewan, Canada; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Bobbitt Funeral Chapel, St. Petersburg.
GEORGE RAYMOND ASAY, 85, a retired inspector with the uniformed division of the Secret Service who was active in church and Masonic organizations, died Oct. 11 at his home in Pinellas Park, Fla. He had diabetes.
A native of Iowa, Mr. Asay lived in the Washington area for 41 years before moving to Florida in 1965.
He spent six years with the Metropolitan Police Department before joining the Secret Service uniformed division in 1931. He served at the White House until retiring in 1958. He then did accounting work for the Willard Hotel until retiring a second time in 1965.
Mr. Asay had been a charter member and deacon of the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church in Washington. He was past master of Anacostia Masonic Lodge No. 21.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, of Pinellas Park; one son, Ray Asay of Dallas; two brothers, Grayton Asay of Iowa and John Asay of British Columbia; four sisters, Esther Oliver of Grantville, Pa., Dorothy Bates of British Columbia, Helen Salmon of Lutherville, Md., and Jean Simons of Saskatchewan; nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
ASAY, GEORGE R., 85, of 4217 96th Ter. N, Pinellas Park, died Sunday (Oct. 11, 1987). Born in Griswold, Iowa, he came here in 1972 from Washington, D.C., where he was an inspector of the uniformed division of the U.S. Secret Service at the White House and served under three presidents, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. He was with the White House police from 1931 until he retired in 1958 and had previously served the Metropolitan Police Department for more than six years. During World War II, he served on the detail at Lee, Mass., in charge of security for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Locally, he was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. In Washington, he was past master of the Anacosta Lodge 21 F &AM, past patron of Electa Chapter 2 OES and a member of Knights Templar of the York Rite and of Tall Cedars. Survivors include his wife, Mary; a son, George R. Jr., Dallas; a daughter, Avis A. Coltrain, Arlington, Texas; two brothers, John, British Columbia, and Graydon, Iowa; four sisters, Esther Oliver, Grantville, Pa., Helen Salmon, Lutherville, Md., Dorothy Bates and Jean Simmons of Saskatchewan, Canada; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Bobbitt Funeral Chapel, St. Petersburg.
A native of Iowa, Mr. Asay lived in the Washington area for 41 years before moving to Florida in 1965.
He spent six years with the Metropolitan Police Department before joining the Secret Service uniformed division in 1931. He served at the White House until retiring in 1958. He then did accounting work for the Willard Hotel until retiring a second time in 1965.
Mr. Asay had been a charter member and deacon of the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church in Washington. He was past master of Anacostia Masonic Lodge No. 21.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, of Pinellas Park; one son, Ray Asay of Dallas; two brothers, Grayton Asay of Iowa and John Asay of British Columbia; four sisters, Esther Oliver of Grantville, Pa., Dorothy Bates of British Columbia, Helen Salmon of Lutherville, Md., and Jean Simons of Saskatchewan; nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
ASAY, GEORGE R., 85, of 4217 96th Ter. N, Pinellas Park, died Sunday (Oct. 11, 1987). Born in Griswold, Iowa, he came here in 1972 from Washington, D.C., where he was an inspector of the uniformed division of the U.S. Secret Service at the White House and served under three presidents, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. He was with the White House police from 1931 until he retired in 1958 and had previously served the Metropolitan Police Department for more than six years. During World War II, he served on the detail at Lee, Mass., in charge of security for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Locally, he was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. In Washington, he was past master of the Anacosta Lodge 21 F &AM, past patron of Electa Chapter 2 OES and a member of Knights Templar of the York Rite and of Tall Cedars. Survivors include his wife, Mary; a son, George R. Jr., Dallas; a daughter, Avis A. Coltrain, Arlington, Texas; two brothers, John, British Columbia, and Graydon, Iowa; four sisters, Esther Oliver, Grantville, Pa., Helen Salmon, Lutherville, Md., Dorothy Bates and Jean Simmons of Saskatchewan, Canada; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Bobbitt Funeral Chapel, St. Petersburg.
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