Jade Christopher Cady

Jade Christopher Cady was born in Arcadia, California, but spent most of his youth in Boise, Idaho. He loved adventures, exploring, fishing and working on cars. His sense of adventure led him to travel up to Alaska with some of his friends to work in salmon canneries and crab processing ships. He also worked in construction before deciding to expand his skills and career opportunities by joining the army. Jade was a Vulcan crewman for 1 year and 11 months during Desert Storm, (1989-1991), and earned a southwest Asia service medal. He served in the Army National Guard until 1997. Jade used his GI Bill benefits to train to be a surgical scrub. He grew bored of the routine surgeries assigned during his work in Idaho and moved to Portland, OR, in search of more challenging work.

From 1996 to 2010, he worked at OHSU, mainly in neurosurgery assisting with cranial and spinal surgeries. During his time at OHSU, he saw weaknesses with the hospital’s inventory and organizational system for medical supplies. He took it upon himself to develop a better computer system for the hospital. With that project, Jade taught himself IT skills that later led to his employment at Kaiser Permanente. He served Kaiser Permanente the rest of his life, mostly in database administration. He was passionate about building better tools to serve the company and could often be found in the wee hours of the morning wearing his “mad scientist cap” building systems to improve his service. He used his skills to problem solve in his personal life and was in the middle of building a goat farm app, which will sadly never be finished.

He married Heather Lynne Campbell in August, 18, 2017 and the two spent their first married years in Salem, OR before moving to Mossyrock, WA. Their move to Mossyrock was to pursue the goal of raising food, which developed into breeding dairy goats for show and milk production. He loved having acreage around him and always having projects to do.

In the spring of 2024, Heather and Jade learned of the possibility of embryo adoption which allowed them to realize a dream they had once thought impossible—that of becoming parents. Jade and Heather’s daughter, Julie Ann Cady, was born in October, 15, 2025. Jade was filled with joy and pride in being a father and his sense of humor added to the sparkle that Julie brought to both of their lives.

Although Jade was raised in an areligious home, he always had a hunger for God. In his youth, he was sent along with neighbor children to attend children’s activities at the local Mormon church. As an adult, he attended Catholic mass and was baptized in the Catholic church. He finally found more satisfying answers to his questions when he began attending church in his early friendship with Heather. He developed a deeper faith in Christ and began attending Bible studies in Salem. After marrying Heather, the two often listened to theological podcasts and discussed many topics. It was through this research and discussion that Jade and Heather grew beyond a basic evangelical and dispensational view of the Bible and came to understand reformed theology with a postmillennial hope. In search of closer church community, the two moved to Medford, OR and began attending Christ Covenant Church where their daughter Julie was baptized.

Sadly, Jade’s service during Desert Storm left lasting damage on his lungs. While remodeling their old property in Mossyrock, WA, he suffered an acute asthma attack and went to be with his Savior, Jesus Christ. He is survived by his mother, Cindy Wyatt, his father, Dale Cady, his brother, Justin [Amy] Cady, and his wife, Heather Cady and daughter, Julie Cady, who will greatly miss him.