George Mair Obituary

Our family lived across the street from that famous Mair family. 11 children brought into this world by that brilliant and fun Father who was the first man to wear shorts out on the street on Marshfield Avenue starting a trend that is grown so that every man wear shorts outside of home and those hot summer days. And also brought into this world. Buy a mother whose sister was the mother of the morrissey family living a few blocks away. Both these ladies each had about 12 kids, true Irish Catholic ladies. Beautiful and fun.
And all the kids of both families taking after mommy´s and daddy`s were kind and brilliant and tried hard to make the world a better place for all of us. Each family had a priest and I went to school with the morrissey family priest, John, but much older than the Mair family priest. Both George´s are now in heaven. Hopefully praying for us. Anyway, thank you Mair and morrissey families for help making my life growing up at 73rd and Marshfield attending st justin martyr school so happy and fun and the neighborhood in which I learned so much helping me to have a fabulous wonderful life. Thank you. ARTHUR MURPHY.

I was a classmate of George at St. Ignatius Prep. I met George only a couple of times as he was at the top of our class and I wasn´t. I do remember him as a kind and generous student. I´m sure he will be missed in the Boston legal community.

It was a privilege to have you as our neighbor for over a decade and spending more time with you these last few years, when you began facing more health challenges. It broke our hearts to see the pain you had to go through, but we hope bringing you food and driving you around to appointments brought you comfort and reminded you that you were cared for. We will miss seeing you around, and will always remember you with warmth and affection.

Our #1 classmate at St. Ignatius, #1 in the greatest class of the greatest high school ever built, National Merit Scholar, It´s Academic Team leader, SAT 800 Score Leader, Graduate Of Harvard/Harvard Law, Voted Superlawyer many times, great Chicago native, great classmate.

My sympathy goes out to the entire Mair family for their loss of George. I only had the opportunity to meet him a couple of times, but it didn't take long to realize what a brilliant guy he was. I know he will be terribly missed by all of his family and friends.