George House may have been the commander of the Modesto office of the California Highway Patrol from 1983 to 1987 and elected three times to the California State Assembly, but he considered being Christian, a devoted family man and a farmer as his greatest roles – in that order. The legacy left by the longtime Hughson resident, who died July 14 at the age of 86, was recounted many times over by family members and former fellow lawmakers during a Friday morning memorial service at the Hughson Church of Christ where he served as an elder. House’s last seven years were held hostage to dementia, said his widow, Edna House.