George Allan Hurt (Jim)
January 5, 1930 – September 22, 2025

George Allan Hurt (Jim) passed away Monday, September 22nd, 2025, peacefully at The Hospice House in Eureka, at the age of 95. Jim was born on January 5, 1930, to Ruby and George Sr. Hurt. He was raised in Fresno on the family farm. Jim was the youngest sibling. He had a brother named Johnny and seven sisters: Nita, Laura, Betty, Ina, Lula, Joyce and Donna.

Jim started working at the age of nine, helping his dad on the farm. He would be milking cows at 3 a.m., among other jobs on the farm.

Jim got drafted into the Army on February 6, 1951. Jim fought on the front line for the Korean War. He was very proud to become a vet and of all his accomplishments and loved to tell stories about it. He was discharged December 19th, 1952.

Jim married Virginia Lessley, and together they had two children, Tommy and Sandy, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandkids. Later they divorced. Jim moved to McKinleyville in February of 1962, which was where he met the love of his life, Margie Wilson. They bought a house at 3263 Barnett Ave in McKinleyville and married May 14, 1966. They started a family. Jim adopted three of Margie’s kids and had three together with Margie: Guy Hurt (Kathy), Kim Hurt (Carrie), Jimmy Hurt (Larisa), Tony Hurt, Andrea (Johnny).

Jim had grandkids: Brad Hurt, Stephanie Martin, Jaden Hurt, McKenzie Hurt, Steven Pigon (Jessica). He also had great-grandkids: Kaden Martin and McKenzie Martin. Jim also had lifelong friends: Hazel Perini, Dorann Wolf, and Katie Coventry.

Over the years Jim worked for Mad River Plywood, then Simpson. He was a caretaker for Camp Bauer. He worked for Weyerhaeuser Plywood Mill and Blue Lake Forest Products. When Margie became ill, Jim would push Margie up and down McKinleyville in her wheelchair. He wore out his hips and had four operations.

Every year the two of them looked forward to the Pony Express Parade, where you could watch Jim pushing Margie in the parade. The town of McKinleyville gave them a nickname, “The McKinleyville Walkers.”

Jim never knew a stranger. He always had his arm out waving to people, even if he didn’t know them. On January 1, 2012, after 46 years of being married, Margie passed away. Jim missed her dearly and kept busy tinkering in his shed, fixing anything that needed fixing. He still was in the Pony Express Parade, this time riding his 3-wheel bike.

Tony and Jim joined the club; they would lift weights and walk on the treadmill. The staff and customers were impressed at how well a 95-year-young man could be so fit. Tony and Jim would go to church, North Fork Full Gospel. After church you could find them at Ramone’s Coffee Shop drinking coffee and chatting away. Tony took great care of his dad until the end.

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Visitation on October 13, 2025, at 2 p.m., followed by a Memorial Service at Gobel’s Fortuna Mortuary, 560 12th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540.

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