James Mccoy

James A. 'Jim' McCoy
Saturday, August 25, 2007

CASPER -- A Mass of Christian Burial for James A. "Jim" McCoy, 82, will be celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at 10:30 a.m., in St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Msgr. James O'Neill officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery.

Visitation is Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. with a Rosary at 7 p.m. at Newcomer Family Funeral Home.

He died Aug. 22, 2007 at home with the love of his children surrounding him.

He was born Jan. 23, 1925, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of James and Rose McCoy. From there he moved with his parents to Hanover, Mont., as a young child where his father worked in a cement plant for many years before moving to Lewistown, Mont., where he attended Catholic schools.

He enlisted in the Navy after high school and was a radioman in the Pacific theater until the end of WWII, when he was employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

After a short time there, he went to Alaska and after a few years he was transferred to Colorado, where he met his wife Marcia, and they moved to Montana.

There he worked in the Flight Service Station until changing over to airport towers in Cheyenne and Casper. Later he worked for the FAA at the Oakland and San Francisco towers, and then served as Chief Air Traffic Controller at the Natrona County International Airport until he retired early to care for his ailing wife.

His interests were his children, grandchildren, and some radio operations.

Survivors include his sister, Rosemary, Billings, Mont.; five children, Jim, Jr. and his wife of Albuquerque, N.M.; Steven and his wife, Los Angeles; Carolyn and her husband, Anchorage, Alaska; Margaret and her husband, Denver, and Jeannette in Casper and three grandchildren.

His parents, a sister, Madeline, and his wife, Marcia, who died in 1978, preceded him in death.

Memorials may be made to the Council of Catholic Women at St. Patrick's Church and Central Wyoming Hospice.

Newcomer Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.