| Richard Edgar Dunkley Jr. |
RICHARD EDGAR DUNKLEY, JR.
(Age 78)
Of Duncansville, PA passed away on August 13, 2011 at the Altoona
Center for Nursing. He had cancer. He is survived by two sons: Richard of
Hollidaysburg PA, James (Kristie Jones) of Middletown, MD; and two
granddaughters, Alexandra and Nicole Dunkley, of Hollidaysburg. He was
divorced after 22 years of marriage from Linda Sprankle Willingham, of
Vienna VA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Richard E.
Dunkley and Margaret McKinley Dunkley as well as his sister, Peggy D.
Stuart.
Dick was born May 17, 1933 in Washington, DC and graduated from
Horace Mann Elementary School and Woodrow Wilson High School. He
attended the University of Richmond and American University.
He was employed as a real estate and insurance agent/broker at Stuart
& Maury, Inc., and went on to the insurance departments of the H.L. Rust
Co., Shannon & Luchs, Early, Cassidy & Shilling, and Weaver Brothers. He
also served as President and State National Director of the Metropolitan
Washington Assn of Independent Insurance Agents. He was active in the
Wood Acres Elementary School PTA as well as the community of Wood
Acres in the 60's and 70's.
Dick lived in Washington DC for the first 30 years of his life, in
Bethesda MD for 20 years, and then moved to N. Potomac and
Germantown MD.
After retirement, he moved to Duncansville, PA. Dick took pleasure in
working in his yard, and was recognized as having the most attractive lawn
on the street. He also enjoyed anything to do with the War Between the
States and took pride in the service of his great-grandfather, Captain Rufus
J. Woolwine, in the Confederate States of America.
Graveside services and burial will be held at the Columbia Gardens
Cemetery, Arlington, VA, on Monday, August 22, 2011, at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Altoona Center
for Nursing, 1020 Green Avenue, Altoona PA 16601.
The Liebegott-Brown Funeral Home, Duncansville, PA, is in charge of
arrangements
www.LiebegottBrown.com
Published in The Washington Post on August 18, 2011
