Jay N. McCulley

Jay Norman McCulley, 83 of Cascade Locks OR, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. He was born on December 29, 1931 in Grangeville, Idaho, the fourteenth of fourteen children, to Homer and Sarah (Marshall) McCulley. He graduated from Grangeville High School and served in the US Navy from 1951 to 1955. Jay married Mary Ruth Madsen on August 11, 1962 in Grangeville, Idaho. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service for thirty years both in Idaho and Oregon, first as a mule packer and retired in 1981 as a fire control officer for Mt. Hood District.

Jay was a member of the Columbia Gorge Lions and Hood River Elks and served as a volunteer firefighter for Cascade Locks. He also volunteered at Vista House and Multnomah Falls and was a scout leader in Cascade Locks. He enjoyed hunting, RV traveling, shuffleboard, golf, family-time and was an avid cribbage player. Jay and Mary also spent the last twenty-two years snow-birding in Yuma, Arizona.

Jay is survived by his wife Mary McCulley of Portland OR; daughters Ruth Stolaas (Tom) of Yuma AZ and Nancy McCulley of Troutdale OR; sons Michael McCulley (Lala) of Wewak Papau New Guinea and Richard McCulley (Renita) of Goldendale WA; brothers Alfred McCulley (Luella) of Grangeville ID and George McCulley (Sandy) of Vallejo CA; seven grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, five great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Jay was preceded in death by eight brothers and three sisters.

A Celebration of Jay’s Life will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Bible Fellowship, 550 S. Forest Lane, Cascade Locks OR 97014. Private interment in Cascade Locks Cemetery. Contributions may be made as donations to the Columbia Gorge Lions Club. Arrangements entrusted to Bateman Carroll Funeral Home in Gresham, Oregon.