Jay Crowe died Saturday, 22 February 2003, at his home in Port Angeles with his family at his side. He was born on 10 June 1940 in Greenburg, Pa.
After graduation from high school in Weston, Mass., in 1958, he received an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn.
Commissioned an Ensign in 1962, he served a tour at sea and then was assigned to naval flight training. Receiving his wings in 1965, he served at Coast Guard Air Stations San Francisco, Calif., Barber's Point, Hawaii; Cape Cod, Mass.; and Annette Island and Sitka, Alaska.
He served during the Vietnam War on an exchange tour with the U.S. Air Force as a Combat Rescue Crew commander with the 37th ARRS in Da Nang, RVN. He was a 1981 graduate of the Air War College.
Capt. Crowe served as commanding officer at both Port Angeles, Wash., and Cape Cod, Mass. His final assignment before retirement was as Chief, Operations Division, 11th Coast Guard District, Long Beach, Calif.
Jay's life was characterized by his Coast Guard career, his deep concern for people, his profound love for his family and a sincere and abiding faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. Despite the painful effects of the ravaging disease which invaded his body, that faith never wavered. He will be remembered fondly as a friendly, compassionate, sincere, genuine person of the highest ethical standards.
He was a devoted husband and father. His children remember him as a father who always put the interests of his wife and his children before his own.
His concern for other people was displayed by his involvement in ``Second Chance'' classes at Peninsula College, youth soccer, Boy Scouts, and his church, Dungeness Community Church.
Capt. Crowe is survived by Anne, his wife of 38 years, his daughter Julie Shields of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; his two sons, Joseph and Sean of Port Angeles; his mother, Sarah Karieva of Windsor, Conn.; and his sister, Karen Lee of Suffield, Conn.
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