George was born in Fort Wayne to John and Myrtle Eix. He was a loving husband to Teresa Laguna Eix; father to Nancy and Hilario Ortega, Joyce and Ted Kalogris, Ronald and Mary Eix, Melissa and Leonardo Lucas, and Thomas and Laura Eix; grandfather to Angela and Roger Williams, Lorenzo and Ashlie Ortega, Kevin Eix, Sophia and Todd Loser, Crystal Kalogris, Renee Kalogris, Merida Eix, and Nicholas Eix; great-grandfather to Amir Williams, Mila Williams, and Evelyn
Ortega.