George H. Palmatier Jr. went home to be with Jesus on January 23, 2019. Born May 15, 1947 in Hudson, NY, the son of the late George Palmatier Sr. and Mary Margaret Merante Palmatier. He graduated from Coxsackie Athens H.S. and earned degrees at Ulster Co. Community College and Siena College. He retired in 2011 after 41 years at the Grand Union Co. He loved leading weekly bible studies at the Hudson Correctional Facility and volunteering at the Ghent Food Pantry. He is survived by his wife of 49 ½ years Patricia, daughter Ann Marie (Mike) Davis, son Michael (Mary) Palmatier, grandchildren Emma Rose and Nicholas, great granddaughter Harlee, and brother Dominick. Family will receive friends at the French, Gifford, Preiter and Blasl funeral home in Chatham, NY on Tuesday Jan. 29th from 4 to 7 PM. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 10 AM. Interment will follow at the Athens Rural Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Calvary Assembly of God Stottville or the Ghent Food Pantry.