George was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland and spent his first few years around Morrow County in the grain area. His family moved to Reno where he actually grew up

Jean, who was born in the San Francisco Bay area, grew up in Reno too. George and Jean met when she was thirteen or fourteen and George was fifteen or sixteen. They discovered they had lived all that time three blocks from each other at different ends of the street and went to the same school.

It is Jean's contention that from that point on, she said she did all of George’s homework, that she is the only reason George graduated.  As soon as Jean graduated and George came home from Viet Nam they were married. They were 18 and 20 and it was 1968. 

George worked for the airlines and was laid off during a slump, so he transferred to an opening in Hartford, Connecticut. The full time job ended up being a twenty hours a week job. Jean worked at Travelers insurance. They live there nine months, but when an opening came up in Reno again, they quickly moved back where they stayed for seven years, George working swing and Jean working days.

They transferred again back to San Francisco where they both could work a day shift. George as a travel agent and Jean at Intel in Santa Clara. Their little son Chris was seven now and he had started school.

Finally, in 1980, they came to Forest Grove and bought a nice home, which had been their dream. Many of George’s family lived in Portland and he thought this area was a good place to settle. 

Jean had transferred from Intel in Santa Clara to Intel here. During an economic slump she was laid off.

Since coming to Forest Grove, George and Jean have been very innovative and very busy.  Each created their own business.  George operates “CUE “ Construction Inc., a good remodeling business, which he has now incorporated with his son Chris as a partner.

One day Jean sat down and thought, “what could I work at that I love and that I am good at?” then she created “Errands Today”, she does errands for people such as pet sitting at their homes, she does deliveries for people or businesses such as a florist, a sign company, a CPA, a process server, discards bags of leads, she belongs to “La Tip”,  a group that meets once a week for breakfast and exchange tips about where there is work.  She belongs to the Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce who recommends people who need help.  She is bonded and insured.

Recently one of the Gaston firefighters, who sometimes have her pet sit, sent her to find his two lost German shepherd dogs. She found them where they had fallen down a steep bank into a creek and could not get out.    After she had gone for a rope and called someone to help her, she accidentally fell down the same slippery bank into the creek. Eventually everyone was rescued.  All in a day’s work.

Cushing’s have one 6ft. 4in. son, Chris, who is 34 and now his dad’s partner. Chris and his wife Angie and their two children, Justice, eight years and Julian, almost four years, live in Forest Grove. Chris’s nine year old daughter Dakota lives in Portland.

Angie also has her own in home business. She creates and sells crafts and has a contract in a store to make children’s pajamas and robes.

George’s hobby is Boy Scouts, also reading and camping when time permits.

Jeans hobbies, if there was time, are crafts and sewing.  She also belongs to the Forest Grove woman’s club.

Their two pets are “Bear”, a Pomeranian dog and “Boots”, their eight or nine year old cat.

This past spring they were moved to search for a church home.  Originally George had a Presbyterian background and Jean a Mormon.  His brother suggested Lutherans might be a pleasant people and their search led them to us. They found Mt Olive a comfortable setting and of course they love our Pastor.