George Addie
George Layton Addie (86), retired Administrative Officer, US Public Health Service, passed away November 13, 2020. He was born March 31, 1934 in Rushville, Nebraska and was the only child of Clara Layton and George Addie. His early years were spent on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He graduated Rushville High School in 1952, and attended Chadron State College in Nebraska. He married Lila Higgs and together they had four children. The family moved to Arizona in 1963. The couple later divorced. He married Kathleen Yogerst in 1975.
His first Federal employment was as a Summer Survey Aid. He secured permanent Federal employment with the Department of Army in Sidney, Nebraska. He would later work for the Departments of Navy and Air Force, and the Bureau of Reclamation. His time with the Navy was spent at the Litchfield Navy Base in Litchfield, Arizona. When the Navy base closed, he joined the U. S. Public Health Service, National I