LEWISTON – George B. Emerson Jr., 86, a former resident of Turner, died Sunday, July 25, at d’Youville Pavilion, where he had been a patient for six months. He had resided for the past five years with his loving wife at Schooner Estates in Auburn.

He was born Dec. 1, 1917, in Livermore, the son of George Sr. and Mable White Emerson. He was a 1935 graduate of Livermore Falls High School.

On June 24, 1940, he married Beryl Helena Smith in Livermore Falls.

He worked for International Paper Company in Jay as a laboratory technician, and at Bath Iron Works as an electrician’s helper, first class. He was owner of Emerson TV Repair in Livermore Falls for many years. He also had been employed as a salesman for seven years by R.B. Dunning Company.

George and his wife owned and operated Camp Phoenix, a fishing camp in Baxter State Park on Sourdnahunk Lake.

He was a former member of the Eaton Memorial United Methodist Church of Livermore Falls, where he served as lay leader.

He and his wife enjoyed traveling, having made three trips to Alaska. During his 30 years of retirement, he and his wife visited 49 of the 50 states in the United States and Provinces of Canada. They wintered in Estero, Fla. for 25 years.

He was president of the Maine Sporting Camp Owners Association, past Master of the Oriental Star Masonic Lodge in Livermore Falls, past board member of the Eaton Memorial United Methodist Church in Livermore Falls, and served on the Governor’s “Allagash Wilderness Council.”

In addition to flying airplanes, he also enjoyed snowmobiling and fly-fishing.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years of Auburn; a daughter, Linda L. Emerson Shea of Wenham, Mass.; a son, Peter K. Emerson and his wife, Daryl, of Auburn, Wash.; a sister, Pat Callaway of Auburn; six grandchildren, Thomas E. Shea III, Julie Anne Shea, Maire Lee Webster, Stephen E. Shea, George B. Emerson III, Elizabeth C. Selvage; and a great-granddaughter, Dylan Shea Webster.

He was predeceased by a son-in-law, Dr. Thomas E. Shea; a brother, Roland Emerson; and two sisters, Hazel Hall and Verna Briggs.