George was a gifted musician.  He loved playing the guitar and  it gave him great pleasure to play for whoever would listen.  He also wrote songs and instrumentals and he would be happy to know that they were being listened to.  Playing his guitar was his greatest joy and that is how I am going to remember him.  I loved him very much.

  His sister, Jeanne

When ever I saw George playing his guitar his face was always full of passion.  He loved music and playing the guitar.  He did not like playing while I was working in my office because he did not want to disturb me.  I insisted he not let that stop him for I truly enjoyed hearing him play and was amazed at his talent.  While staying with me and Jeanne for the past 2 months he would come in my office several times a day and we would have discussions.  I was glad he felt he could trust me with his most personal thoughts.  A week before he passed I had promised George I would design and post a website for him promoting his musical talents.  George was trying to get back into music and see if he could make a living doing what he truly loved.    I am sorry I did not get a chance to keep my promise to George.  I am going to remember George always and will truly miss him and feel the world has lost a truly amazing musical talent.

C. Ben Bass  

Long before Jeanne and George came into this world, we knew their Mon and Dad.  George's Dad was Arline's younger brother.

We loved George as did our children, his first cousins.  The early pictures of Jeanne and George are precious and bought back many fond memories.  Our family migrated to the west coast as George with his family moved on to Florida.  We only had a glimpse of the musical talent that was in later life to become so intertwined with George's accomplishments and life persona.  Music ran through the Wyner family.  Dolly, his grandmother, had a marvelous voice as did his aunts, Arline and Hilda.  Arline played the guitar and sang almost entirely in Spanish.  Our four kids each had a guitar and Wayne sang with the Tufts Glee Club.  None of our family ever achieved George's skill and talent level, but we loved to play and sing together.

Life's opportunities sometimes pass us by.  We didn't know George in his adult years.  How nice that would have been.  All those years that he played and sang; it would have been great if we could have been there to listen in on some of those occasions.  To get to know him better was an opportunity we missed.

Before writing this note, I played the tape to hear George.  It made me feel so close to him after so many years had passed.

In Latin America they have a tradition called "Presente".  George Samuel Wyner Presente.  (His memory shall always be alive and with us)

                                                       R.I.P George

                                                       With love and respect

                                                       Jim Prigoff

My memories of George are of a little boy, one of my "little cousins".  I knew him in later years through Jeanne, his loving sister.  Life passes quickly and takes us in different directions.  I wish I had been around to hear George play in person - he was obviously a talented musician.  George will live on in my heart and the hearts of others who loved him.

                                                   Cousin Gail (Nickerson)

As a part of my memories of George (we all called him Georgie in those days), I can recall afternoons on the lawn around the home of our Grandparents Murray and Dolly, 33 Verdun Avenue in New Rochelle, with family members chasing Sandy the speedy pup around the house, picnic tables in the backyard and the little "Witches" house among the trees that all of us loved to inhabit or climb on for hours. I remember George's smile (reminded by your beautiful pictures), his shyness at times, and that he took a good swing with the bat when we played baseball in front of the house. We remember the family trips fishing on the Donipper, and listening to Grandma Dolly singing and playing the organ, encouraging all to sing along.

It was a musical environment that George obviously thrived in.

Nancy and I wish that we had visited with George and heard him play his guitar since then, but even so, we will never forget those happy days long ago. We are both deeply saddened by his passing. Your tribute is very moving, showing George's passage through life, given a deeper meaning when viewed with his expressive voice and guitar playing. We hope that you Jeanne, his devoted sister, will find solace in the pleasure that he brought to others with his music, and that he knew he was loved by you and his family.

Robert (Edelman) and Nancy (Salzman)