Death
George Switzer died in Solomons, Maryland at the Hermitage at St. John's Creek assisted living facility, at the age of 93 on March 23, 2008. The cause of his death was pneumonia. He was a resident of Port Republic, Maryland at the time, and had formerly lived in Bethesda, Maryland. Switzer was survived by his wife, Sue Joan Bowden Switzer, to whom he had been married for 68 years, as well as his two sons, eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
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