George Orth, a 45-year resident of Levittown lost his battle with cancer on Monday, April 25.

Born in Ridgewood, Queens on January 25, 1933, George was educated in St. Albans, NY and tried out for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He met Mary, the love of his life at the Plattdeutsche in May of 1955. This August would have been their 47th wedding anniversary. They moved to Levittown in 1960 where they raised their two daughters and two sons. He was a data processing manager for 38 years. Among his career accomplishments was helping to automate the Town of Huntington.

George, a member of Levittown Kiwanis since 1992 and distinguished past president of the club, was best known as "Mr. Terrific Kid." George began working with the Kiwanis Terrific Kids Program as soon as he joined the organization. Until his illness this year, George only missed one Terrific Kids Program, rewarding approximately 1,000 Levittown and Island Trees students each year for special achievements that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. In addition, George served as the Terrific Kids Chair for the Long Island South Central Division of Kiwanis. According to his wife Mary "George lived for the next program." George's dedication to Kiwanis and the children in the community earned him the prestigious Kiwanis Hixson Award. George never did the Terrific Kids program to receive recognition from the club though. To him the greatest recognition was to have children see him around the community and say, "There's Mr. Terrific," an occurrence that happened often. His grandchildren were envied for their relationship to "Mr. Terrific," but to them he was "Poppy," a title he loved just as much.

While his service to Kiwanis was a large part of his life, George was also actively involved in many other aspects of the community. He volunteered as a coach with Levittown Central Little League and the Pony Colt Little League and was a Nassau County Softball Umpire for 14 years. He was a past director of the Eastern Long Island Bowling Association and had been involved with St. Bernard's Holy Name Society. He was also on the board of directors of the Yours Ours Mine Community Center in Levittown. In addition, George assisted Mary with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Earlier this month George and Mary served as the Grand Marshals of the LEADD Family Walk, in recognition of their contributions to the Levittown School District.

George was waked on Tuesday and Wednesday at Dalton's Funeral Home and remembered at a service on Thursday at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Hicksville with burial at Pinelawn Cemetery.

George is survived by his wife Mary, his children Loretta Schiffman, Patricia Heaton, Joseph and Andrew Orth and 11 grandchildren.

George Orth will always be remembered as "Just a Terrific Adult."

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations in his memory to Levittown Kiwanis Club, P.O. Box 152, Levittown, NY 11756 would be appreciated.