Obituary of Hugh McCulloch

Dr. Hugh McCulloch, Jr., died February 24 in a local hospital. Son of Mary Marshall McCulloch and Dr. Hugh McCulloch, Sr., he was born and raised in St. Louis. He graduated from Washington and Lee University and then Duke University Medical School in 1945. The following day he married Patricia Rentsler, beginning a marriage that lasted for 69 years. At the end of World War II, Hugh served as Chief of U.S. Air Force Dispensation on Guam, and afterwards in a Residency at Johns Hopkins, where he became Diplomat in Dermatology. Recalled to active duty in the Korean War, he was Chief of Dermatology at Valley Forge Army Hospital. He then had a private patient-centered medical practice in Plainfield and Bay Head until his retirement. Hugh was an active churchman all his life, serving three times as Senior Warden at All Saints Episcopal Church in Bay Head, where he enthusiastically researched the parish's history. For years he was a devoted "rockhound" who meticulously hunted for rocks and catalogued an extensive micromount collection, now donated to several colleges and a museum. In retirement he loved sailing for Bay Head Yacht Club and teaching local children to become expert crabbers. He is survived by his wife Pat; his son Bruce McCulloch and wife Janis of Pittstown; their children Drs. Michael and Sarah McCulloch and daughter Madison Elizabeth of Cleveland, and daughter Leigh Wojcik and husband Dan of Netcong and their daughter Carley Meredith; by his daughter the Rev. Constance Jones of Norfolk VA and her daughter Dr. Cary Elza and husband Brian and their son Clark William of Stevens Point WI, and her son David and wife Madelaine and their daughter Lucy Giselle of Richmond VA. Hugh was very proud of his children, grandchildren and four new great-grandchildren, and he was devoted to Pat, with whom he enjoyed his retirement years at the shore. Funeral and burial will be at All Saints Episcopal Church during the summer season. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to All Saints Church, 500 Lake Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.pableevertzfuneralhome.com