Retired Master Sergeant Jay C. Rigney, age 50, of Cookstown, NJ, formerly of Kankakee, IL died Sunday, August 22 at home with his loving wife and daughters. He was born May 22, 1960 in Kankakee, Illinois, the son of James and Marie Rigney. He graduated from Grace Baptist Academy in Kankakee and attended Northland Baptist Bible College. Jay served 21 years in the United States Air Force and was a Gulf War Veteran. He was employed by Logistics 20/20 in Chester, Virginia and worked overseas as a senior logistic coordinator. Jay enjoyed traveling all over the world, rides on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, NASCAR and the Chicago Bears, White Sox and Blackhawks. Jay was predeceased by his father, James Rigney; two sisters, Bertha Prue and Beverly Prue and his father-in-law, James Krohn, Sr. Surviving are his wife, the former Yvonne V. Krohn, whom he married September 7, 1986 in Momence, IL; three daughters, Megan, Cagney and Lauren; a grandson, Tyler Kunkel and father Ryan Kunkel; his mother, Marie Rigney; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Jim and Pat Rigney of Kankakee, IL, Mike and Marie Rigney of Taylor, SC, John Rigney of Los Angeles, CA and Jack and Teresa of Bradley, IL; his mother-in-law, Rosalind Krohn; a brother-in-law, James Krohn, Jr. and three sisters-in-law and spouses, Melody and Gary Drake, Heather and Les Fox and Amanda and Danny Johnson. Visitation and funeral services for Jay will be held on Tuesday, August 31 at the McGuire Chapel 2, 3827 Schoolhouse Road, McGuire AFB, NJ. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM with the funeral service at 7:00 PM. Interment with Air Force Burial honors will be on Wednesday, September 1 at 1:00 PM at the chapel of the BGWCD Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 350 Provinceline Road in Wrightstown, NJ. Follow the burial, family, friends and coworkers are invited to a luncheon at the Cookstown Senior Center, 9 Main Street in Cookstown, NJ.