George Browne Post passed away peacefully on December 5th, 2024, at the age of 102, shortly after a joyful Thanksgiving with family.
George Post
Mr. Post was born in New York City to George B. Post III and Irene Emery (née Gibson) on October 7th, 1922, and educated at the Buckley School ‘37, St. Marks School ‘41, and Harvard College ‘45. His maternal grandparents were suffragist Irene Langhorne and Charles Dana Gibson, the illustrator who created the iconic Gibson Girl, a symbol of the independent, modern woman of the early 20th century. His great-grandfather was George B. Post, Beaux-Art architect of the New York Stock Exchange and Wisconsin State Capitol.
He temporarily left his studies to enlist in the Army Air Forces, serving as a lieutenant in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After the war, he was a writer for Time Magazine and Reader’s Digest and left behind volumes of illustrated journals about his fascinating life. He was also a talented singer whose career was bookended by performances at Carnegie Hall: first as a boy soloist singing D’ye ken John Peel? and later with a performance of The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass at the age of 95.
An avid traveler, he delighted in showing his children and grandchildren the world. He brought back remarkable tales. As a child, he visited Germany with his family, where they accidentally found themselves trapped in an early Nazi rally. As the story goes, Hitler himself touched young George’s head, which George maintained was the reason for his later hair loss. In 1965, he traveled to Alabama to march with civil rights leaders at Selma, where he witnessed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. address the protesters, an encounter that reaffirmed his commitment to equality and opportunity for all.
Mr. Post loved to entertain and was a generous host. Poppasquash, his home in Norwalk, CT, was a gathering place for four generations of family and an abundance of friends. He was active in the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan and sang with their choir, as well as with the Greenwich Choral Society. As a trustee of the New Canaan Country School, Mr. Post helped start the City and Country Vacation Group. This program grew into Horizons, which brings academic and enrichment programs to underserved children and youth. He also served as Trustee and then Chairman of the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece and was a member of the Century Association and the Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor.
Mr. Post was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Linda Moore Post, and their son, George [Sally Skeele]. He leaves behind children Diana [Lily Milroy], Juliana [Roy Pfeil], Christopher [Jennifer Fortenbaugh], and Joel [Valerie Brazill]; seven grandchildren, who lovingly called him
Mamoo: Samar, Alexandra, Charles, Olivia, Ben, James and Luke; and four great-grandchildren: Noor, Devens, Eulalie, and Seymour.
Mr. Post’s life was abundant in music and laughter, and most of all love. Before passing, he said, “I’m just going to walk into a greater, brighter light, knowing I’ve left behind the most wonderful people on the whole earth.”
In lieu of flowers, please donate to Horizons Student Enrichment Program, 635 Frogtown Road, New Canaan, CT 06840.