MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa -- John William McCulley, Sr., age 88, of Mediapolis and formerly of Oakville, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at the Klein Unit of Great River Medical Center in Burlington.
Rev. Sue-Ellen Sherman and Rev. Harlan Winter will be officiating. A lunch fellowship will follow the burial at the Oakville Community Building.
A memorial fund has been established for the Edwards Cemetery Road Fund and Great River Hospice.
Born on May 11, 1925, in Grandview, Iowa, John was the oldest of seven boys and the son of Glen R. and Ruth Cockerill McCulley. He walked two miles to attend Mount Hope and Indian Creek Country Schools. Joh was drafted into the US Navy in 1946. After his time in the service he graduated from Amerrican Institute of Commerce in Davenport, Iowa. He married Betty L. Ball on Apr 16, 1949, in Wapello. Together they founded Oakville Feed and Produce in 1951 which is now TriOak Foods.
John served as a Director of Farmer and Mechants Bank and Trust for nearly 60 years and held the position of president of the Iowa Feed and Grain Association. He served on the Oakville School Board and on the Oakville City Council. He was a member of the American Legion Post 489 in Oakville for 64 years and was a member of the Wapello Lodge #4A.F.&A.M. He was a long time member of the Oakville United Methodist Church and served on the church boards.
John and his wife were world travelers and had visited 48 countries during his lifetime.
His family includes his wife, Betty; three sons, Bob (Denise) McCulley and Mark (Denise) McCulley both of Oakville, and John, Jr. (Joan) McCulley of Mediapolis; a daughter, Polly (Joseph) Bove of Palo Alto, Calif.; seven grandchildren, JR, Nicholas, Kortney, and Tanner McCulley, Erin Ziegler, Tricia Earnest, and David Hart, six great-grandchildren; and six brothers, Dean (Leatha) McCulley of Columbus Jct., George McCulley of Muscatine, Glen J. (Vivian) McCulley of Columbus Jct. Elvin (Beverly)McCulley of Tempe, Ariz., Dave (Beverly) McCulley of Wapello, and Welton "Bill" (Marilyn) McCulley of Muscatine.
He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother, Ruth.
Rev. Sue-Ellen Sherman and Rev. Harlan Winter will be officiating. A lunch fellowship will follow the burial at the Oakville Community Building.
A memorial fund has been established for the Edwards Cemetery Road Fund and Great River Hospice.
Born on May 11, 1925, in Grandview, Iowa, John was the oldest of seven boys and the son of Glen R. and Ruth Cockerill McCulley. He walked two miles to attend Mount Hope and Indian Creek Country Schools. Joh was drafted into the US Navy in 1946. After his time in the service he graduated from Amerrican Institute of Commerce in Davenport, Iowa. He married Betty L. Ball on Apr 16, 1949, in Wapello. Together they founded Oakville Feed and Produce in 1951 which is now TriOak Foods.
John served as a Director of Farmer and Mechants Bank and Trust for nearly 60 years and held the position of president of the Iowa Feed and Grain Association. He served on the Oakville School Board and on the Oakville City Council. He was a member of the American Legion Post 489 in Oakville for 64 years and was a member of the Wapello Lodge #4A.F.&A.M. He was a long time member of the Oakville United Methodist Church and served on the church boards.
John and his wife were world travelers and had visited 48 countries during his lifetime.
His family includes his wife, Betty; three sons, Bob (Denise) McCulley and Mark (Denise) McCulley both of Oakville, and John, Jr. (Joan) McCulley of Mediapolis; a daughter, Polly (Joseph) Bove of Palo Alto, Calif.; seven grandchildren, JR, Nicholas, Kortney, and Tanner McCulley, Erin Ziegler, Tricia Earnest, and David Hart, six great-grandchildren; and six brothers, Dean (Leatha) McCulley of Columbus Jct., George McCulley of Muscatine, Glen J. (Vivian) McCulley of Columbus Jct. Elvin (Beverly)McCulley of Tempe, Ariz., Dave (Beverly) McCulley of Wapello, and Welton "Bill" (Marilyn) McCulley of Muscatine.
He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother, Ruth.
MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa -- John William McCulley, Sr., age 88, of Mediapolis and formerly of Oakville, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at the Klein Unit of Great River Medical Center in Burlington.
Rev. Sue-Ellen Sherman and Rev. Harlan Winter will be officiating. A lunch fellowship will follow the burial at the Oakville Community Building.
A memorial fund has been established for the Edwards Cemetery Road Fund and Great River Hospice.
Born on May 11, 1925, in Grandview, Iowa, John was the oldest of seven boys and the son of Glen R. and Ruth Cockerill McCulley. He walked two miles to attend Mount Hope and Indian Creek Country Schools. Joh was drafted into the US Navy in 1946. After his time in the service he graduated from Amerrican Institute of Commerce in Davenport, Iowa. He married Betty L. Ball on Apr 16, 1949, in Wapello. Together they founded Oakville Feed and Produce in 1951 which is now TriOak Foods.
John served as a Director of Farmer and Mechants Bank and Trust for nearly 60 years and held the position of president of the Iowa Feed and Grain Association. He served on the Oakville School Board and on the Oakville City Council. He was a member of the American Legion Post 489 in Oakville for 64 years and was a member of the Wapello Lodge #4A.F.&A.M. He was a long time member of the Oakville United Methodist Church and served on the church boards.
John and his wife were world travelers and had visited 48 countries during his lifetime.
His family includes his wife, Betty; three sons, Bob (Denise) McCulley and Mark (Denise) McCulley both of Oakville, and John, Jr. (Joan) McCulley of Mediapolis; a daughter, Polly (Joseph) Bove of Palo Alto, Calif.; seven grandchildren, JR, Nicholas, Kortney, and Tanner McCulley, Erin Ziegler, Tricia Earnest, and David Hart, six great-grandchildren; and six brothers, Dean (Leatha) McCulley of Columbus Jct., George McCulley of Muscatine, Glen J. (Vivian) McCulley of Columbus Jct. Elvin (Beverly)McCulley of Tempe, Ariz., Dave (Beverly) McCulley of Wapello, and Welton "Bill" (Marilyn) McCulley of Muscatine.
He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother, Ruth.
Rev. Sue-Ellen Sherman and Rev. Harlan Winter will be officiating. A lunch fellowship will follow the burial at the Oakville Community Building.
A memorial fund has been established for the Edwards Cemetery Road Fund and Great River Hospice.
Born on May 11, 1925, in Grandview, Iowa, John was the oldest of seven boys and the son of Glen R. and Ruth Cockerill McCulley. He walked two miles to attend Mount Hope and Indian Creek Country Schools. Joh was drafted into the US Navy in 1946. After his time in the service he graduated from Amerrican Institute of Commerce in Davenport, Iowa. He married Betty L. Ball on Apr 16, 1949, in Wapello. Together they founded Oakville Feed and Produce in 1951 which is now TriOak Foods.
John served as a Director of Farmer and Mechants Bank and Trust for nearly 60 years and held the position of president of the Iowa Feed and Grain Association. He served on the Oakville School Board and on the Oakville City Council. He was a member of the American Legion Post 489 in Oakville for 64 years and was a member of the Wapello Lodge #4A.F.&A.M. He was a long time member of the Oakville United Methodist Church and served on the church boards.
John and his wife were world travelers and had visited 48 countries during his lifetime.
His family includes his wife, Betty; three sons, Bob (Denise) McCulley and Mark (Denise) McCulley both of Oakville, and John, Jr. (Joan) McCulley of Mediapolis; a daughter, Polly (Joseph) Bove of Palo Alto, Calif.; seven grandchildren, JR, Nicholas, Kortney, and Tanner McCulley, Erin Ziegler, Tricia Earnest, and David Hart, six great-grandchildren; and six brothers, Dean (Leatha) McCulley of Columbus Jct., George McCulley of Muscatine, Glen J. (Vivian) McCulley of Columbus Jct. Elvin (Beverly)McCulley of Tempe, Ariz., Dave (Beverly) McCulley of Wapello, and Welton "Bill" (Marilyn) McCulley of Muscatine.
He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother, Ruth.
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