George Loughborough, owner of Huntford Printing & Graphics, dies at 88

George Hunt Loughborough

August 19, 1937 – May 12, 2026 

George Hunt Loughborough has passed away at the age of 88. 

He was the owner and president of Huntford Printing & Graphics, which has served the Milpitas community for nearly 60 years. 

George was born on August 19, 1937, and grew up in Douglas, a tiny town in the southeastern corner of Arizona. 

“He lived a very fruitful, productive life,” said his wife, Linda Loughborough, in an interview with The Beat. “He loved life. He loved the work that he did.” 

When he was younger, he came out to California to work in printing, before he joined the airforce. When he came back to California, he went to work at a print shop in Oakland. 

Then he made a trip out to Montana that would change the course of his life. George went to visit his older brother and had a chance to meet the babysitter he had hired to watch his young kids. 

That babysitter was Linda. 

“That’s how I met him. That was 1961,” said Linda. “We got married in 1963.” 

In 1964, the couple moved out to Milpitas. Within the next few years, George and his brother worked to set up their own printing shop in the garage of George and Linda’s home on Conway Street. They combined both of their middle names to come up with the name of their business: Huntford Printing. The shop officially began operations in 1969. 

“He worked for a couple companies before. He never liked working for somebody because he always wanted to do things his way,” said Linda, who started out doing all the bookkeeping for Huntford Printing. “So we bought the house on Conway, and then he quit his job. He had some stock in the company so that’s when we started the business.” 

After six months in the garage, they were able to move into a building on Windsor street near the railroad tracks. 

“Every time a train went by, a grass fire would start and we had to run outside and put it out,” said Linda. 

A year later, they moved across the street to a bigger building. They stayed there for five years. Then finally, in the seventies, they bought the building on Dempsey, where Huntford Printing has remained to this day. 

“George just loved printing,” said Linda. “It was in his blood.” 

In the early years, business was slow at Huntford Printing. Come the 1970s, Josephine Guerrero, who was an assistant post master and the first woman to ever serve on the Milpitas Planning Commission, needed some business cards. George printed 150 cards for her. When she saw them, she wasn’t happy with the color. So George said he would make the change without charging her extra.  

When she received her new set of cards, she was thrilled and went on to rave about Huntford Printing to everyone in the Garden Club that she was a part of. 

“After that, we started to get so many calls,” said Linda. “When we were on Windsor, I was both the secretary and bookkeeper. When the phone would ring, I’d jump. Because we weren’t used to hearing the phone ring. After Josephine spread our name, the business took off. She helped Huntford grow.” 

During their marriage, George and Linda had five children, and eventually nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. The tenth great grandchild will be born in July. Over the years, all of their children, grandchildren, and even their friends ended up working at the print shop. One of his daughters still currently works there.  

Eleven years ago, in 2015, George and Linda lost their son Charlie Hunt Loughborough, who passed away at the age of 44. Up until George’s death, the couple often liked to go visit a park bench at Sunnyhills Albert Augustine Jr. Memorial Park that has Charlie’s name on it. 

“Charlie’s death broke George’s heart,” said Linda. “He never got over it.”  

George loved being involved in the community. He was part of the Police Activities League (PAL), which offers healthy and safe activities to youth in Milpitas. George attended his last PAL meeting about a month ago.  

“He’d have to write himself a note to remind himself when he got up in the morning to go to PAL after work,” said Linda.  

Years back, George was also president of the Milpitas Executive Lions Club, and had even been a part of the Milpitas Toastmasters Club with Denny Weisgerger and others. In the past, he often donated printing services to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, the Milpitas Chamber of Commerce, and various schools in the community. 

George was also a pilot and had a license to fly. He loved fishing and bowling, as well. 

In the days leading up to his passing, George had some issues with his heart. 

“He’ll be truly missed by everybody. I couldn’t have asked for a better husband or father. He was a very caring and loving man,” said Linda. “He’d give you the shirt off his back if you asked him for it.”