Elbert 'Bert' W Garrison

ELBERT W. GARRISON, known to his friends as Bert, died on October 26, 2014.
He was born to Clara and Roland Garrison of Dover, Delaware on November 22, 1919.
As a youth he was involved in Scouting, rose to the rank of Eagle Scout, then Quartermaster in the Sea Scouts. After he and his wife, Gene, moved to Phoenix he became a Scoutmaster.
After almost 25 years in the expanding metropolis they moved to Cave Creek, where they lived for 27 years. In 1999 they moved to a place they stumbled upon in 1948, and returned to time after time " Sedona.
Garrison retired from Sperry Flight Systems and became involved in model trains, first with the Black Mountain Model Train Club in Cave Creek, then the Sedona Railroaders. He is also a Life Member of the Arizona Model Railroading Society, Inc.
He was also a sculptor, having studied at Phoenix College. His media were mostly alabaster and wood. He was a member of the Sedona Arts Center, and also held membership in the Society of Layerists in Multi-Media and the Sedona Camera Club.
People remember him as kind, caring, helpful and loving.
Gene, his wife of 70 years; two sons, Robert and David; brother George: sister Mary Garrison Wilson; former daughter-in-law Gail; grandson Daniel; sister-in-law Elizabeth Kirby, as well as numerous nieces and nephews, survive him.
A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at 10 A.M. November 8 at Greers Mortuary of Sedona, 2725 West 89A, Sedona, Arizona.