Southlake, Texas
Dr. George Kuzmishin
1928 — 2023
Dr. George Kuzmishin, retired physician, died in Southlake, Texas on April 11, 2023. George was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on September 26, 1928, the youngest of eight siblings and the son of John and Helen Kuzmishin, immigrants from Slovakia. As a teenager in Erie, George developed a passion for golf when he worked as a caddie, and eventually Caddie Master, at Kahkwa Club. Upon high school graduation in 1946, George joined the U.S. Navy, earning the World War II Victory Medal. His rank as PhM3 and assignment as an operating room scrub nurse at Bethesda Naval Hospital ignited his interest in medicine. George attended the College of Wooster on the G.I. Bill of Rights, graduating in 1952...