<div itemprop="description">Sgt. Lawrence Mortimer “Mort” McCullough, RCAF (Ret’d) <br>10 February 1925 – 6 December 2023 <br> <br>Peacefully, in the presence of family at Ste-Anne Hospital, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, at the age of 98. Predeceased by his parents Alice “Dolla” Pembroke Sherriff (née Martin), Harold William McCullough, and his brother Ross Martin. Survived by his brother John Lee Brien McCullough (Diane Kenney) of North Cobalt, ON. Married 2 July 1949 to Jeanne d’Arc Fleurange Emery (18 July 1924 – 4 June 2009), he leaves behind his four children, Lorraine (Robert Domask) of Cinnaminson, NJ USA, Brian (Bridget Madill) of Kanata, ON, JP (Christine Casey) of Saint-Lazare, QC, and Janet (Paul Pilon) of Kanata, ON; eleven grandchildren: Jennifer and Allison; Emily, Ben and Nathan; Cheryl, Melanie, Stephanie and Shawn; Andrée and Charlotte; and fifteen great-grandchildren: Ada Rose and Samantha; Riece, Dante and Dawson; Zoe and Felix; Jack; Diego and Elliot; Adeline and Elowyn; Olivia, James and Owen. <br> <br>Mort was raised by his maternal grandparents in Saint John, NB, where as a youngster he would read aloud to his younger brothers and cousins, and later appeared on stage as Shylock (to great reviews) in his Technical High School’s 1943 production of The Merchant of Venice. His RCAF/CAF career (1943-1973) included service as an armourer/observer for No. 10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron at Gander and Torbay, Newfoundland, and later as an Accounts clerk at bases in St-Hubert, QC, Sydney, NS, Churchill, MB, Rockcliffe, Trenton and Downsview, ON, and with the UNEF in El Arish, Egypt, and the Naval Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following his retirement in Roxboro, QC, he worked several civilian jobs including one as a manager of the Glenmore Curling Club in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 234, The General Vanier, Roxboro), and enthusiastically supported the Legion’s annual Remembrance campaign through poppy sales and education events for school children. In 2020, his service during the Battle of the Atlantic was featured in the Royal Canadian Navy’s Maritime Engineering Journal. <br> <br>Throughout his long life he enjoyed the company of family and friends. He was a talented woodworker and gardener, and his trophy case was filled with mementoes from his many activities: rowing (cox’n), bowling, darts, curling, and competition shooting. He also enjoyed fishing, and going on hunting trips with his beagle Nipper back in the day, and in his senior years played cards and went on bus outings with his wife and friends. He lived his final years in the kind care of Wortha, Mercier, Marie Claude, Ian, Renée and others at Ste-Anne Hospital, where they loved spending time and sharing jokes with their “Morty.” There will be no service. At a later date, his remains will be placed alongside those of Jeanne d’Arc in the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire, QC. <br></div>
