PAUL JAMES MCCULLOUGH PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY NEAR BARONS, ALBERTA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 15, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 23 YEARS.
PAUL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 18, 1967 AND WAS RAISED AT NEWMARKET, ONTARIO WHERE HE BEGAN HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLING. HE CAME WITH HIS MOTHER AND FOUR SISTERS TO VULCAN WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1986.
HE STARTED WORKING AT LOCAL BUSINESSES THEN HE BEGAN WORKING AT SOUTHGATE TURBO IN MILK RIVER UNTIL 1988 WHEN HE MOVED TO KELOWNA TO WORK AT A TURBO AS A WAREHOUSE MANAGER. HE RETURNED TO VULCAN AND HAS BEEN EMPLOYED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS AT FLEX HOPPER PLASTICS.
PAUL ENJOYED MOST OUTDOOR SPORTS INCLUDING SKIING, WIND SURFING, GOLF, SOCCER, HOCKEY AND BILLIARDS. HE ALSO ENJOYED WORKING ON CARS AND TRUCKS, ESPECIALLY ANTIQUE ONES. HIS FAVORITE MUSIC WAS ROCK AND ROLL. HE LOVED PEOPLE AND WAS CONSIDERATE TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM. PAUL HAD A KNACK FOR REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN A BIG BROTHERLY KIND OF WAY. HE PLACED A GREAT VALUE ON FRIENDSHIPS.
BELOVED SON OF MRS. MAY MCCULLOUGH AND LOVING BROTHER OF FIVE SISTERS, JENNY (ROY) ATKINSON AND PATTY MCCULLOUGH, ALL OF VULCAN, JULIE AND TERESA MCCULLOUGH OF COALDALE, ROSEMARIE DAVEY OF HAY, ONTARIO, HIS GRANDMOTHER MRS. MARIE MCCULLOUGH OF NEWMARKET, SEVEN NIECES AND NEPHEWS – JASON, MELLISA, MICHAEL, MICHELE, AMANDA, BRITTNEY, FRED AND CHANTEL, TWO AUNTS MRS. FRAN AND GRAD MASION AND MRS. EUNICE AND GEORGE PETERS, AN UNCLE TERRY AND CATHY MCCULLOUGH, COUSINS ROBERT WRIGHT, ALLEN AND TRUDY WRIGHT, DEBBIE AND BOB MARTIN, ISABELLE AND BOB IRWIN, ALL OF ONTARIO, AND A SPECIAL FRIEND LISA MCINTYRE OF VULCAN.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS BROTHER PETER JAMES, HIS FATHER JAMES DONALD MCCULLOUGH AND HIS GRANDFATHER DONALD JAMES MCCULLOUGH.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1991 AT 2:00 PM AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL AND STACY LANDRY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
PALLBEARERS WERE GARY GREIG, DALE LEROHL, DARREN KARAMBOWICH, DALE SILBERNAGEL, STEVE SYRENA AND KEN NADOBNY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION, 1825 PARK ROAD SE, CALGARY, AB, T2G 3Y6.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, 403-485-2633.