Dad's obituary....bet you've never read one like this!

D*** G***, 74, passed away at his home in *****, with his wife by his side, after a brief and dignified battle with cancer.

Although he was in pain, he was quick with a joke until the very end.

A native of Brantford, Ontario, D**** spent four decades in the muffler business. He began his career with a gas station in Newark, then owned the KarGuard muffler shop in Lancaster from 1962 to 1979, and the Muffler Man shop from 1983 to 1987. At various times he owned muffler shops in Chillicothe, Athens, and Logan. D*** and his family also served up tasty ice cream cones and chilidogs as owner of the Yummy Shoppe on Broad Street in the late 1970s.

In his later years, he became an avid computer geek, poker player and armchair philosopher.

He was a member of the Moose Lodge, where he enjoyed many Monday night euchre games, and a member of St. Mary of the Assumption church in Lancaster.

His family and friends will remember his adventurous spirit and inventive mind. His varied talents included amateur accordian player and maker of the world’s worst spaghetti sauce. He built and raced his own stock cars, and traveled with family and friends to more NASCAR races and middle-of-nowhere fishing spots than they can count. His sense of humor was legendary, and he was able to elicit laughs even in times of adversity.

D**** joined the US Army in 19** and served in Korea.

He is sorely missed by his wife of 39 years, V**** his daughters Molly *** and D**** , his son-in-law and poker buddy E*****; and his 3-month-old grandson R*****, who will unfortunately not remember first-hand how special his grandfather was.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dennis’ name to FairHoPe Hospice.