Submitted by: S. Vanden Bossche
Dec. 14, 1928 - Oct. 15, 2009
NILES - Richard H. Dunnuck Sr., 80, of Redfield Road, Niles, MI,
died at 9:41 a.m. Thursday, October 15, 2009, in Memorial
Hospital, South Bend, IN, following an extended illness. Mr.
Dunnuck was born on December 14, 1928 in South Bend, IN, to Royce
and Blanche (Walters) Dunnuck. He lived in Niles for 43 years
coming from North Liberty, IN. Richard retired after 28 years of
service from Bendix Corporation in South Bend. He was a member of
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Niles. He served as chairman of
the board of AAA Federal Credit Union in South Bend. He has also
served on the Brandywine School Board from 1981-85, the Berrien
County Juvenile Board, and the Four Flags Apple Festival
Committee. He was the past recipient of the Brandywine Citizen of
the Year award. Richard was a dedicated adult volunteer to the
Boy Scouts of America, serving as Scoutmaster for 50 years with
Troop 316 at Sumption Prairie, South Bend and Troop 550 at
Trinity United Methodist Church, Niles. Twenty scouts earned the
rank of Eagle Scout under his leadership, and he earned the
Silver Beaver Award. He was on the Wood Lake Property Committee
for 35 years and served as chairman for 25 years. Richard was the
director of Will Welber Family Camp for 25 years ending in 2006.
On November 9, 1947, in Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Mishawaka, Indiana, he married the former Betty Jean Hoffman
with whom he celebrated the Sixtieth Anniversary of marriage in
2007. He is survived by his wife, Betty J. Dunnuck and by their
children, Richard H. (Ruth) Dunnuck Jr. of Julian, NC, Vickie
(John) Barker of Niles, Peggy (Glen) Lehmann of Mebane, NC,
Michael (Christine) Dunnuck of Conklin, MI and Otto (Dawn)
Dunnuck II of Niles; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;
siblings, Otto Dunnuck, Royce "Ed" Dunnuck, William
Dunnuck, all of Niles, Paul Dunnuck of Rolling Prairie, IN,
Robert Dunnuck of Wyoming, Arthur Dunnuck of Florida, Barbara
Guthrie of West Virginia, Judy Barrett of Pennsylvania and Becky
Schelkopf of Buchanan, MI, and many nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by his granddaughter, Jennifer Antisdel who
died August 7, 1997. The funeral service for Richard H. Dunnuck
Sr. will be held Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 10 a.m. in Saint
Paul's Lutheran Church, Niles, with Rev. Carl W. Bassett,
officiating. Entombment will follow in the Nativity Mausoleum at
Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens, Osceola, IN. The family will
receive relatives and friends from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Monday in
Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles. Contributions in memory of
Richard H. Dunnuck Sr., may be made to Saint Paul's Lutheran
Church. "This I Believe: A HUNDRED YEARS from now it will
not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in
or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different,
because I was important in life of a boy." - Richard H.
Dunnuck Sr.
Published in South Bend Tribune on October 17, 2009