George Arthur Vandenburgh, Jr

PORTLAND - George Arthur Vandenburgh, Jr., 52, of Portland, died Saturday, December 1, 2012, in Portland. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on November 23, 1960, a son of George Arthur Vandenburgh, Sr. and Janet C. Soares. George grew up in East Hartford, CT and was a 1979 graduate of East Hartford High School. Following high school George served in the Navy. George traveled extensively and lived in various parts of the United States. He was a very artistic person who painted with oils. He enjoyed collecting, especially coins, stamps, baseball cards and autographs of the stars. George was a humanitarian who loved people. He was a member of the Baha'i faith. George is survived by his mother Janet C. Henne and her husband Richard of Bradenton, Florida; his father George Vandenburgh, Sr. of Portland; a sister, Jayne V. Colombardo and her husband John of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, a brother, Richard Vandenburgh of Broad Brook, CT; brother, Todd Vandenburgh and his wife Melissa of Westbrook, sister, Eliza Farrar, and her husband Steve of Northwood, NH; nieces and nephews, Gloria J. Colombaro, Christopher J. Colombaro, Nicholas M. Colombaro, Veronica M. Colombaro. A funeral service with Military rites will be held at 4:00 p.m. (today) Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Home, 172 State Street, Portland. Burial will be at a later date in the Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Augusta.Online condolences may be expressed below.