Dean Lamar ("Bill") Mountcastle's Obituary
Dean Lamar Mountcastle
MOUNTCASTLE, DEAN LAMAR (“BILLâ€) passed away on December 12, 2015 at the age of 92, after a short period of declining health. Bill was born in Richmond, Virginia on December 18, 1922. He was predeceased by his parents Burton Lamar and Lucille Bailey Mountcastle. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Kathryn Dobyns Mountcastle (“Kayâ€); his four children, Thomas L. Mountcastle of Richmond, Virginia, Kathryn Mountcastle Light (“Kakiâ€) of Lottsburg, Virginia, Anne Mountcastle Johnson and her husband Bob, of Easton, Maryland, and Susan Mountcastle Maxwell, of Sherwood, Maryland; and his five grandchildren, Thomas Watkins (“Wattâ€) Mountcastle, Bailey Tyler Mountcastle, Christopher M. Maxwell, Kathryn (“Katieâ€) Lynch, and Amelia Page Maxwell; and two great grandchildren. Mr. Mountcastle graduated from John Marshall High School, and was a member of the Cadet Core. He served in the United States Navy during World War II aboard the USS Zaniah and the USS ARD17 as an Electrician First Class Mate (SR) in the Pacific Fleet, spanning from Pearl Harbor to the Philippians and the Japanese Islands. He returned from the war and started an electrical contracting company with his father, and joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. In 1967 he helped found Chickahominy Academy for students in grades 1-8. Mr. Mountcastle had a passion for the outdoors that began in his early childhood. He loved being on the water, and in the marshes, and enjoyed raising and training Labradors. He assisted with youth hunts in conjunction with Duck Unlimited at Curles Neck Farm He was a founding member of the Varina Charles City Sportsmans Club, and the James River Retriever Club. He served as a gun captain, field trial judge, and an official gun for national retriever championships. In 1976 Mr. Mountcastle retired from the electrical business and moved to Easton, Maryland where he and two other partners founded MLM Waterfowlers, which became one of the most prominent waterfowl hunting guide services on the Easton area. He lived out his life designing waterfowl ponds, flyways, and blinds, and enjoyed trapping in the off seasons. He was a talented craftsman who was capable of building anything, and thought like a duck and a goose. He was kind and willing to help anybody when they needed something. He will be missed by his family and his many friends in Virginia and in Maryland. Funeral Service will be held at1:00PM at the Melrose United Methodist Church at 1317 Lewisetta Road in Lottsburg, Virginia, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Easton, Maryland. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made in his honor to Ducks Unlimited chapters in Henrico, Virginia or Bay Hundred chapter in Talbot County, Maryland, or Wounded Warriors at 4899 Belfort Rd., Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL, 32256. Local Arrangements are by the Ostrowski Funeral Home of St. Michaels
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