Community remembers The Big O

Community remembers The Big O

March 31, Orion Samuelson’s birthday, was always a special day for Sun City resident Jo Geary, a family friend. “I would bake cupcakes for his birthday every year,” Geary said. “One year, he wanted to surprise his wife Gloria on her birthday and asked if I would make centerpieces and I said, ‘yes.’” Samuelson, who first became an agriculture reporter for WGN Radio in 1960, died at age 91 March 16 at his Sun City home. Funeral services were held …