Dean, please accept my condolences and sympathy for your wife, I know what it is to lose parents and she will need a lot of support, despite belief in the ressurrection.
I worked with George once .We had disfellowshipped a sister . He was called to be chairman of a the appeal. With insight and care, he and his people overturned our decision . I was miffed at first. But George was right , she went on to be a good "sister" and as far as I know is still going. He struck me as one who really fulfilled the Bible's equirement to be "Wise, discreet and experienced" and there are less and less of those . The Cong will miss him.
Best wishes..