Caughey services

Mr. Caughey died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community. He had been a Lawrence resident since 2001.

He was born May 16, 1921, in Oneonta, N.Y., the son of Dr. Frank McClure Sr. and Fredyth (Wineman) Caughey.

Mr. Caughey received his bachelor of arts degree in 1943 from Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania; he then served in World War II with the Army Air Corps in Egypt, Persia and Palestine. He received his master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J., and served as pastor for churches in New York and North Carolina. In 1950, he received his master of arts degree from Columbia University, specializing in linguistics and teaching English as a second language. He was a foreign missionary in Thailand from 1950 until 1955, serving as headmaster of Prince Royal’s College in Chiengmai and the Padung Rasdr School in Phitsanuloke.

He then completed postgraduate study at Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, Conn., earning a master of arts degree in church social service. He was pastor of First Congregational Church in Westbrook, Conn., from 1957 to 1960. He then re-entered the Air Force as a chaplain. In 1977 he retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in Oklahoma City, where he helped resettle Vietnam War refugees.

Mr. Caughey then moved to Ozawkie and served in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He was also an adult Boy Scout leader and Eagle Scout.

He married Lois Marie Parmelee on Aug. 30, 1947, in Pittsburgh. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include three sons, David, Lee’s Summit, Mo., Grant, Lawrence, and Stephen, Forest Hill, Md.; a daughter, Ruth Marie Flynn, Horton, Mich., and six grandchildren.

The family will greet friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to Washington & Jefferson College, sent in care of the mortuary.

E-mail condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Caughey.