- Date Of Birth: June 23, 1938
- Date Of Death: February 27, 2019
- State: Idaho
Jay Alexander Erwin, Jr., of Marsing, Idaho, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at age 80. He was born June 23, 1938, in San Jose, California. His father was James “Jay” Alexander Erwin, and his mother was Shirley Virginia McCann Erwin. He was the second of their three children.
Jay grew up on the Erwin Ranch in Humboldt County, California.
He is survived by Barbara Erwin, his wife of more than fifty years, and three children– Prescott Jay Erwin of Louisville, KY, Paul Wesley Erwin of Coeur d’Alene, ID, and Jennifer Erwin Ray, of Calgary, Alberta, and their spouses, respectively, Nikki, Shannon, and Norman. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Helen Gay Erwin, who died in 1982, as well as her daughter Tricia Gay.
In addition to his four children, Jay had five grandchildren, Joshua and Jordan Erwin, Ella Kay and Tate Alexander Erwin, and Tricia Gay, along with two great-grandchildren Bradley Fox and Ella Jay Erwin. His sister, Shirley Rebecca “Becky” Erwin Glazener, age 85, lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, and his brother, Joseph “Joe” Marvin Erwin, age 77, (and wife, Nancy) lives near Needmore, Pennsylvania. He is also survived by nieces Diane and Kristin and their children, and a nephew, Kendrick.
