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David John McClune

Sun City West, AZ, USA

April 26, 1935 - November 7, 2018

Apr 26, 1935 - Nov 7, 2018

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I've written 3 or 4 versions of a standard obituary for our Dad so far and none of them have been right. Dad would tell me to speak from the heart for a project like this, so here goes.

We have lost our center, our heart and the strongest member of our family, David McClune. He passed in the early morning of Wednesday, November 7, 2018 from heart failure. It's so strange to say "heart failure" when his heart was the first presence I recognized every time we were together or talked or even emailed each other.

Our mother, Barbara H. McClune, has lost her partner for over 61 years. They held each other up and supported each of us where we were and as we needed it. Each of us will miss his love, his punny humor, his love of word play and desire for us to succeed in whatever endeavor we chose.

David is survived by (here's that list) his devoted and loving wife, Barbara; his three children and their families, Keith McClune and his wife Sheila, Kirsten Gaddy, her husband Marshall and their daughter Rachel, me Kimberly McClune and my daughter Julia and our cousin/brother, Dave's nephew, Kenneth Harding. Phew, I'm glad that list is done.

David, or Dad, accomplished many things over his lifetime and held a number of titles. These things include:
Photographer
Carpenters Apprentice
Meteorologist
Air Force Captain
Chemical Engineer
Software Engineer
Landscape Designer - and installer at our house
Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator
Vice-President and then President of the Boulder Amateur Radio Club
Dale Carnegie Instructor
World Traveler (the list of places he and Mom explored is long and exciting)
Award Winning Ice Dancer
Tax Preparer
Church Deacon
Stephen Minister
Writer/Poet
Self-Proclaimed Curmudgeon (he never achieved this one)

Dad spent his life loving, learning, helping, forging his own path, teaching, connecting with other people, and overall making this world a better place.

Since Dad passed, we have received messages from and spoken with friends, family and others who have shared their love our our Dad, David. Losing him is a little easier when we realize how many lives he touched with his infectious love and humor. Phrases such as, "your parents were very dear to us" and "he was a beautiful friend" help us as we grieve and learn how to live in a new reality without our beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend.

As we walk through life in this new reality, working through our individual grief, we, David's family, hope you remember the times you had with Dad and smile. It's going to be a hard journey without him to walk along side, have a chat or guide us, and I know he'd tell each of us that he loves us and knows we can do it. He'd ask if there's anything he can do to help make it easier.

Please take a few moments to read the messages from others and to leave your own notes, photos or videos on this memorial site so each of us can share in our great love for David and how he changed each of our worlds.

Thank you and bless you.

Kimberly L. McClune

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