"There are not two Georges in this world, there never will be."

My dad is the coolest. He just is. You might think your dad is the coolest, and you might be wrong. I mentioned that we had traffic stopped with 7 police cars placed around the two cities for his funeral procession. I mentioned the military honors. But I didn't even know that he had a newspaper article written about him. I can see his smug little nodding head now. He would be so pleased. I also want to mention that they had the flag at half-mast at the city office for him as well as the city marquise saying, "Condolences to the Biada family." AND, my uncle said in his remarks at the funeral that in Italy they rang the bell in his honor. Hmm, I need better details on that. Maybe my aunt will email me the details of that. Anyway, he deserves it all. Because he is awesome, that's why.

Taken from the Deseret News

WEST BOUNTIFUL — The city of West Bountiful is mourning the death of Councilman George Biada, who served on the planning commission for two years before being elected to the council in November.

Biada was on a business trip to Riverton, Wyo., and died of an apparent heart attack in his hotel room, said West Bountiful city administrator Craig Howe.

He had turned 66 on April 27.

The city is still waiting for an official cause of death from the Fremont County, Wyo., coroner.

Biada retired after working for IBM for 30 years and started his own computer networking consulting business in 1997. While campaigning for office in 2009, Biada wrote on his website that being a consultant is like being a doctor.

"My job is to work with a client, find out what part of their business 'hurts,' and bring in the best people, products and processes to enable success," he said.

He once worked for Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, reporting on the likely international impacts of the Y2K problem.

He wrote that he ran for office to be involved. "Our involvement starts in our community and it is the basis for many other possibilities," he wrote.

Howe praised Biada as a great gift to the city.

"In his short time on the council, he was a unifying influence and a peacemaker," Howe said. "He was a strong personality. He loved to get things done."

Howe said the Biada family has already dealt with the tragedy of losing two adult daughters to cancer. Biada is survived by his wife and five children.

"There are not two Georges in this world," Howe said. "There never will be."

Biada's funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at 11 am at the LDS meetinghouse at 311 N. 800 West in West Bountiful, where a visitation will be held prior to the service from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. A visitation will also be held on Tuesday, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 N. Main, in Bountiful. In lieu of flowers a fund has been set up at Chase Bank under the name of George Biada for the surviving Biada children and donations are welcome.

Eventually, the city will need to fill Biada's seat on the council, and Howe said the city isn't in a rush to do that just yet.

"We will be accepting, at some point, applications and go through the process," he said. "I would anticipate that would happen in June."