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Claude Delmar McCullough

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Birth	:	16 May 1922 Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	30 Jan 2008 Montezuma, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0699997, -92.4068985
Plot	:	Rose Hill
Description	:	Claude McCullough, 85 of Montezuma, passed away Wednesday January 30, 2008 at his home. His body has been cremated. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) at 5161 E. Memorial Drive Muncie, IN 47302. Claude Delmar McCullough, son of Wilbur and Madeline Grimsley McCullough, was born May 16, 1922 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Claude and his sisters went to live with their grandparents on the farm when Claude was 9 years old. They raised and he took care of them until their deaths. Claude was a... Read More	Claude McCullough, 85 of Montezuma, passed away Wednesday January 30, 2008 at his home. His body has been cremated. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) at 5161 E. Memorial Drive Muncie, IN 47302. Claude Delmar McCullough, son of Wilbur and Madeline Grimsley McCullough, was born May 16, 1922 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Claude and his sisters went to live with their grandparents on the farm when Claude was 9 years old. They raised and he took care of them until their deaths. Claude was a 1939 graduate of Catholic Central High School in Ottumwa. In 1943 he entered the United States Army Signal Corps and was attached to the U.S. Air Corps, where he served in Italy during World War II. After the war, Claude resumed farming near Ottumwa in 1947. In 1971 he moved to Montezuma and went to work for Sig Manufacturing Co. designing model airplanes and related products. Even after Claude retired from Sig in 1987, he continued to design and build model airplanes at home to compete in the regional and National contests. Claude loved to make and fly model airplanes. He began competing regularly with all types of model airplanes in 1935. He was the co-founder of Ottumwa Hornets Model Airplane Club in the 1930s. In 1941 he entered his first Academy of Model Aeronautics National Championships. In 1957, Claude was elected AMA President. After his term was over he continued to serve the national organization as Chairman of the Rules Committee until the present time. In fact, Claude continuously held an AMA governing office longer than any AMA member in history. Claude won many awards at AMA Nationals and other contests including best civilian scale, best scratch-built model, best biplane, first in Radio Controlled precision scale and best overall scale model. He was a member of the U.S. Team that competed in the 1970 World Model Airplane Championships, held in England. Claude published numerous technical articles and photographs in national modeling magazines such as Model Airplane News, Air Trails, Radio Control Modeler and American Aircraft Modeler. He had numerous designs kitted by Sig Manufacturing over the years. Claude was elected to the AMA Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Society of Antique Modelersâ?? Hall of Fame in 1991. His memory is honored by a sister, Barbara Gee of Ottumwa and many nieces and nephews. Claud was preceded in death by his grandparents, Victor and Jenny Grimsley; his mother, Madeline Grimsley and a sister Carolyn Griswold. (The Ottumwa Courier, 2008)

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Claude Delmar McCullough's memorial is located at: Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA.
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Claude Delmar McCullough death on 30 Jan 2008 in Montezuma, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.0699997
Longitude: -92.4068985

Family Members:

Parent

Madeline Margaret Grimsley Hardyk

(1905 - 1985)

Siblings

Barbara Jean McCullough Gee

(1925 - 2013)

Carolyn June McCullough Griswold

(1927 - 1987)

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