Jay spent his early years in Croton Falls, NY and had fond memories of trips to the ‘Big Apple.’ At age 12, his family relocated to Marshalltown, Iowa, for his father’s job at Dunham-Bush. From the moment of his arrival until his end, Jay was an insatiable student of Marshalltown history. A graduate of the MHS class of 1970, he was a lifelong learner.

Jay enjoyed multiple vocations, including driving a charter bus for Marshall Coaches (once transporting Frank Sinatra & his band!), working at Tri-State Lock and Estel-Perrin-Avey Funeral Home, being a columnist for the T-R’s Past Times and an Inquiry Agent for Carollo Information Services.

And he made time to serve his community. If committed to a cause, he ‘gave it his all.’ Examples include, founding member and board officer of the Orpheum project, past president of the Central Iowa Genealogical Society, board member and president, Riverside Cemetery; member, Marshalltown Planning and Zoning.

His expertise re: Marshalltown history, led to repeated speaking engagements for service clubs and multiple guest spots on KFJB radio.

Jay loved collecting memorabilia about Croton Falls, Marshalltown and his personal family history- coffee with the guys, sugary drinks, penny candy, Zeno’s pepperoni and double cheese pizza, cats, Andy Griffith, ‘B Westerns,’ Al Jolson, The Mills Brothers, Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan and movies starring Lizabeth Scott. He was less fond of fruits and vegetables, throwing things away and pretentious people.

He is survived by his beloved cat Ozzie, (who has found a new wonderful home), brother John (Lori) Carollo, nephews Jason (Amanda) Carollo and Tony Carollo, (all of Nebraska), niece Kayley Cleveland (Florida), ‘lifelong friend & sister’ Sky Capucci (MD), his Tri-State and Riverside families and many other friends/fans.

Jay was preceded in death by his parents, brother Brad and cat companions, Harriet, Amos and Andy.

Anderson Funeral Home is caring for Jay. A graveside service will be held at Riverside Cemetery on 9-2-20 @ 3pm. Please arrive at the main gate no later than 2:45. Masks and social distancing expected. For those unable to attend, the service will be livestreamed on the Anderson Funeral Home Facebook page (just ‘like’ their page and you will have viewing access). Honorary pallbearers are Dennis Grabenbauer, Dorie Tammen, Nancy Adams, Levi Adam Castle and Mike and Kathy Egyabroad.

Per Jay’s request, memorials may be sent to The National Kidney Foundation (kidney.org) or the Marshalltown Animal Rescue League (www.arlmarshalltown.com). Unaware of the extent of devastation to Riverside, we are confident he’d have also appreciated donations to their clean-up efforts.