Wade Arlan "Mac" McCoy, 73, of Lusby, MD passed away on September 25, 2010 at his residence. He was born on October 13, 1936 in DeRuyter, NY to the late Paul and Pauline Wright McCoy.

He was the beloved husband of Joanne Mary McCoy whom he married on April 23, 1960 in Ottawa, Canada.

Mac graduated from Cortland High School in 1952 and went on to attend Cortland State Teachers College for two years. He joined the United States Air Force in 1955 and retired after 26 years of honorable service in 1981. During his time in the Air Force he was stationed in San Antonio, TX, Biloxi, MS, Westover, MA, Denver, CO, The Pentagon and overseas in Japan, Korea, Turkey, and Canada. The day after retirement from the Air Force, Mac went back to work as a civilian for the Air Force, Department of Defense as a Communications Electronic Systems Manager and retired in 1992. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Graydon McCoy and Olan McCoy.

Mac is survived by his wife of fifty years Joanne M. McCoy of Lusby, MD; children, Laureen McCoy of Honolulu, HI, Lisa McCoy of San Francisco, CA, Lindy Lee and her husband Marty of Portsmouth, VA, and Louise Casamento and her husband Philip of Odenton, MD; siblings, Marion Foster of Norwich, NY, and Mahlon McCoy of Spring Lake, NC; five grandchildren and an "adopted" son Kevin Rock.

Pallbearers will be Martin Lee, Noel Nicholas, Jason Lee, Philip Casamento, and Kevin Rock.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 2 ~ 4 and 6 ~ 8 PM in the Rausch Funeral Home, Lusby, MD. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 11 AM in the funeral home chapel with Fr. Richard Gardiner officiating. Interment will follow in the MD Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.