Lynn S. McCurdy, D.O., Col. USAF (ret.)

Early Sunday morning 22 OCT 2023, my wife, life partner, and best friend died peacefully with me at her side. She had long-suffered from an auto-immune disorder of the liver and had hoped to be cured by a liver transplant. But this unrelenting disease process robbed her of the strength necessary to survive that surgery and made it obvious she could not go on.

Lynn was born in 1954, in Ferndale, Michigan, to Glenn and Margaret (Huegel) Herrington.  She graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Nursing. She played trombone in the MSU Marching Band and lettered as a distance runner for the Women’s Track Team. Additionally, she was a member of the Air Force ROTC and after graduation, served active duty as a nurse with assignments in Illinois and Turkey.

She left the Air Force to complete her Doctor of Osteopathy degree from MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. She accepted an internship position at Lansing General Hospital, finishing in 1991. It was during her internship that she met Thom, then an Ob/Gyn resident at the LGH. During their courtship, Lynn convinced Thom that he, too, should serve in the Air Force and when she was accepted into an Air Force residency position in Radiology, Thom was commissioned in the Air Force Reserves. They were married in August 1991.

Their two children, Caerllyn and Shannon were born in Lansing during Lynn’s residency.

Lynn (and Thom) began active-duty service in 1995 where they served both stateside and at Spangdahlem AB, Germany. It was during the 4-year assignment to Germany that Lynn received her promotion to Colonel. She retired from active duty after 23 years of service in 2008, spending her final two years at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, Springs.

Upon leaving the Air Force, she worked at North Ottawa Community Hospital in Grand Haven, MI from 2008-2014. From 2014 until her retirement in 2023, she worked as a contractor radiologist, initially with vRad, a teleradiology service and then with Capital Internal Medicine Associates in Lansing.

Lynn enjoyed gardening, cooking, watching the Food Network while exercising, reading, researching the genealogy of both the Herrington and McCurdy families, organizing family trips each year to Caribbean islands, and most recently, singing in the choir at University Lutheran Church.

Surviving are:  her husband of 32 years, Thom McCurdy; daughters, Caerllyn McCurdy and Shannon McCurdy; her mother, Margaret (Herrington) Edwards; brother, Jim (Lory) Herrington; sister, Sandra (Dan Brashear) Herrington, M.D.; aunt, Iris (Huegel) Cattel; and cousins, nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by:  her father, Glenn Herrington; and brothers, Rick Herrington, and John Herrington.

A memorial service will be held at 1030 on Saturday, 18 November 2023 at University Lutheran Church, 1020 S. Harrison Rd., East Lansing.  Thom will be available from 0900-1000 to greet guests. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Capital Area Humane Society in memory of Lynn S. McCurdy. Arrangements are by the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel.