George Albert Lamb, age 90, passed away due to Alzheimer's disease on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Charter House in Rochester, Minnesota.  George was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on October 30, 1926 to Clarence W. and Mary G. (Lonergan) Lamb.

Immediately after graduating from Humboldt High School in Saint Paul, 1944, George enlisted in the Navy.  After discharge in 1946, George attended the University of Minnesota on the GI Bill graduating as a math and science teacher.  He was teaching school when he was recalled to the service during the Korean Conflict and served on an aircraft carrier.

Discharged from the Navy in 1954, George began a thirty-year career with IBM Corporation.

Wooing Cecelia Stevens by serenading the words from the musical Carousel, "If I loved you, words wouldn't come in an easy way" – he proposed and on July 6, 1955, they began sixty-one years of marriage.

George was a thespian, sailor, painter, skier, traveler and could tell a great story.

Preceded in death by his parents, brother Clarence, sisters Mary Margaret Lamb and Helen Ridley, he is survived by his wife, Cecelia, children, James (Lori), Mary Ellen Easley (Mike), Susan Laney (Bob), Kathleen Novotny (Dale), Jennifer Hazzard (John), fourteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

A special thanks to the Charter House Supportive Care staff for their loving care.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to St. Pius X, St. Vincent de Paul and St. Pius X Catholic Church or charity of choice.

Visitation Friday, December 9, 2016 10:00AM, with a memorial Mass following at 11:00AM at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 1315 12 th Avenue NW, Rochester.