George Ogar

George W. Ogar, age 97 of Wakefield died Tuesday December 29 in Reading. Mr. Ogar was born in Boston, MA on November 24, 1918 and was raised in Dorchester. He was the beloved son of the late Walter J and Elizabeth (Slaven) Ogar. He was raised in Boston and was a graduate of Boston Latin High School, Class of 1936 and from the College of the Holy Cross in 1940. He later earned a Master's Degree in History from Boston College and a Master's Degree in Engineering from Harvard. He served in the U.S. Army during W.W. II. He had been a Wakefield resident since 1962 was retired from the Raytheon Corporation in 1991 after many years of service.

He is survived by his beloved wife Catherine (Lemmon) Ogar. He was the loving father of George W. Ogar, Jr., Elizabeth M. Ogar and her husband Mark Jacobs, Catherine E. Ruiz, Peggy Kennedy and her late husband William P. Kennedy, Jr., Patricia E. Beane and her husband Donald and Marie T. Brown and her husband Peter. He was the brother of the late Edith Bosworth, Eleanor Bobrick, and Walter, Robert and Richard Ogar. He is also survived by his ten grandchildren and his one great grandchild.

His funeral will be held from the McDonald Funeral Home 19 Yale Ave. Wakefield on Wednesday at 9am followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Florence Church 47 Butler Ave. Wakefield at 10:00. Interment will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Lynn. Visitation for relatives and friends will be held at the Funeral Home Tuesday from 4-7 pm.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sawtelle Family Hospice House 320 Haverhill St. Reading, MA 01867.

January 05, 2016
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

McDonald Funeral Home
19 Yale Ave
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 245-3550

January 06, 2016
10:00 AM

St. Florence Church
47 Butler Ave
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 245-3550

Wednesday January 06 2016

St. Mary's Cemetery
Lynn, MA