Dewey Arnold McCullough was the son of William McCullough and Dora Marie Schmidt McCullough. He was a dearly loved gentleman with a great sense of fun and good humor.
He spent a long career as a city police officer in Pittsburgh, beginning as a motorcycle patrolman in 1920, then as a horse patrolman and later as a lieutenant. His retirement began around 1956. Because of his varied responsibilities, his horsemanship, and his affability, Dewey McCullough is named in an impressive variety of hard news stories, human interest stories, sports items, photo features, and columns. For many years, the city transferred all police lieutenants and inspectors every six months to thwart corruption; Dewey therefore served in every precinct. He busted up stills, seized pinball machines and dynamite, recovered stolen sweaters after a gunfight between boats on the Monongahela, and oversaw the hunt for a mad dog that bit nineteen people.
Dewey was married to Helen Thompson and cared for her during a five-year chronic illness near the end of her life. After the death of his beloved wife, Dewey refused most invitations to join with family members on holidays. He always said that he preferred to stay home with Helen.
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He spent a long career as a city police officer in Pittsburgh, beginning as a motorcycle patrolman in 1920, then as a horse patrolman and later as a lieutenant. His retirement began around 1956. Because of his varied responsibilities, his horsemanship, and his affability, Dewey McCullough is named in an impressive variety of hard news stories, human interest stories, sports items, photo features, and columns. For many years, the city transferred all police lieutenants and inspectors every six months to thwart corruption; Dewey therefore served in every precinct. He busted up stills, seized pinball machines and dynamite, recovered stolen sweaters after a gunfight between boats on the Monongahela, and oversaw the hunt for a mad dog that bit nineteen people.
Dewey was married to Helen Thompson and cared for her during a five-year chronic illness near the end of her life. After the death of his beloved wife, Dewey refused most invitations to join with family members on holidays. He always said that he preferred to stay home with Helen.
Sources:
Newspaper.com items from the Pittsburgh Daily Post, Press, Sun-Telegraph, and Post-Gazette
Marriage license
Death certificate
Dewey Arnold McCullough was the son of William McCullough and Dora Marie Schmidt McCullough. He was a dearly loved gentleman with a great sense of fun and good humor.
He spent a long career as a city police officer in Pittsburgh, beginning as a motorcycle patrolman in 1920, then as a horse patrolman and later as a lieutenant. His retirement began around 1956. Because of his varied responsibilities, his horsemanship, and his affability, Dewey McCullough is named in an impressive variety of hard news stories, human interest stories, sports items, photo features, and columns. For many years, the city transferred all police lieutenants and inspectors every six months to thwart corruption; Dewey therefore served in every precinct. He busted up stills, seized pinball machines and dynamite, recovered stolen sweaters after a gunfight between boats on the Monongahela, and oversaw the hunt for a mad dog that bit nineteen people.
Dewey was married to Helen Thompson and cared for her during a five-year chronic illness near the end of her life. After the death of his beloved wife, Dewey refused most invitations to join with family members on holidays. He always said that he preferred to stay home with Helen.
Sources:
Newspaper.com items from the Pittsburgh Daily Post, Press, Sun-Telegraph, and Post-Gazette
Marriage license
Death certificate
He spent a long career as a city police officer in Pittsburgh, beginning as a motorcycle patrolman in 1920, then as a horse patrolman and later as a lieutenant. His retirement began around 1956. Because of his varied responsibilities, his horsemanship, and his affability, Dewey McCullough is named in an impressive variety of hard news stories, human interest stories, sports items, photo features, and columns. For many years, the city transferred all police lieutenants and inspectors every six months to thwart corruption; Dewey therefore served in every precinct. He busted up stills, seized pinball machines and dynamite, recovered stolen sweaters after a gunfight between boats on the Monongahela, and oversaw the hunt for a mad dog that bit nineteen people.
Dewey was married to Helen Thompson and cared for her during a five-year chronic illness near the end of her life. After the death of his beloved wife, Dewey refused most invitations to join with family members on holidays. He always said that he preferred to stay home with Helen.
Sources:
Newspaper.com items from the Pittsburgh Daily Post, Press, Sun-Telegraph, and Post-Gazette
Marriage license
Death certificate
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Dewey A. McCullough
1898-1976
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