John Bernard Cullinane Obituary (1929

John B. CULLINANE March 6, 1929 - Dec. 10, 2014 Attended St. John's Grade School and Seattle Prep and was a graduate of Seattle University where he met his future wife, Dolores "Doey" McGuire. John and Dolores have been lay members of the Marian Movement of Priests for over 30 years, as well as members of the Serra Club of Seattle in Support of priestly formation. John retired from Cascade Natural Gas and the Seattle Center Parking Garage. Seattle Parking Garage patrons may have gotten or chuckle or perhaps even been confused at the facetious answers to questions put to John, he loved to kid people! Once, in confession, he told the priest that he had a habit of "stretching" the truth a little. The priest asked if he was Irish and John had to reply that he was. "Oh, don't worry about it," the priest replied; "that's an Irish thing." He loved playing practical jokes - one day while working in his yard, he noticed the neighbor lady crawling along the sidewalk clipping her grass. Dolores looked across the street to see John crawling behind her. Being engrossed in her work, it was a few minutes before he was noticed by the startled, yet, good-natured neighbor. Another time, when a fellow office worker was excited about her first trip to Hawaii, John warned her to make sure she exchanged her dollars before she left as it was too expensive to do it over there. The next day John was scolded by the good lady as her husband had enlightened her. John will always be remembered for his wit and dry sense of humor! He was devoted to his wife, Dolores, whom he loved very much and was an inspirational role model for his children, grandchildren and friends to always do your best, work hard and trust in God to do the rest. We will miss him greatly. John is survived by his wife, Dolores; his children, Ann Frodel (Pat), Cathy Skraba (Jim), Patrick Cullinane, Michael Cullinane and Fred Jameson; grandsons, Jacob, Corey Van Dlac (Amanda), and John Michael Skraba; granddaughter, Mataya Skraba; his sisters, Alice Picht and Mary Elizabeth Sloan. Rosary and Mass will be Saturday, December 20th at 11:00 AM at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 5041 9th Ave N E, Seattle Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Guestbook at harveyfuneral.com Remembrances may be made to the Serra Club of Seattle in support of priestly formation http://www.seattleserra.org and Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute promoting consumer awareness about the widespread use of electively aborted fetal material in drug discovery, development and commercialization. http://soundchoice.org To send a flower arrangement in memory of John Bernard Cullinane, please click here to visit our sympathy store.