Birth date: Sep 6, 1930 Death date: Jan 24, 2018
Richard Calvin Dungan “Dick” passed to his heavenly adventure January 24th, 2018, embraced in love by his daughter, son-in-law, and caretaker. Dick was born in Celina, Ohio, September 6th, 1930, to Ellen Staeger Dungan and Guy Ric Read Obituary
Richard "Poppy" Dungan was more than a mentor, father figure, or friend to me. He was an example of how to live life to the fullest and help others do the same. He was the embodiment of Jesus words in John 10:10b, " I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
He took me on great adventures horsepacking in Idaho, fly fishing in Wyoming and Snook fishing around Tampa Bay. Sitting next to him I drove speeds I could never imagine one day and was hoisted to the top of a sailboat mast the next. He taught me about everything from precious metals to tropical flora fauna. We spent hours talking about "Old Florida". It's seems to me that some of the great novelist who write tails and stories about Florida must have borrowed more that one story from the life of Dick Dungan. To me and many others he was and will always be, "The Most Interesting Man in the World".
Poppy had a had huge love and concern for the generations that followed his. One of our best weeks was spent at Young Life's Windy Gap camp near Asheville, NC. I vividly remember him sitting with myself and a group of teenage boys talking around the fire when he stated, "Young men, if you are going to live the best life you can, your going to need God, so you might want to get to know this fellow Jesus the are talking about."
I will miss "Poppy", but will always remember his voice and how he started out when he really wanted me to hear what he was saying, he always began... "Jimmy my boy..." and ended with something profound.
