August 05 1938 March 29 2020
Richard W. “Dick” Shook August 05, 1938 – March 29, 2020 Share this obituary Send Sympathy Gifts Sign Guestbook| View Guestbook Entries| Send Sympathy Card| Memorial Donation There will be a graveside service at Hurley Cemetery on Thursday April 2 at 11 AM. Richard W “Dick” Shook, 81, passed away on March 29, 2020. He was born on August 5, 1938 in Berwick Pennsylvania to the late Marie Mowery and Frank Shook. He attended Milton Hershey School and Hershey Junior College in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He was in the Army Reserve, worked as an auto mechanic with his father in law and as an aircraft mechanic for the US Air Force prior to relocating to NY and joining IBM in 1964. During his career with IBM he was a System Technician, Technical Writer and Programmer before he retired in 1993. Dick joined the Hurley Fire Department in 1964 as a fire fighter then completed EMT training and founded the Hurley Rescue Squad and later became a Fire Commissioner. He also became an EMT Certified Instructor Coordinator and taught for the Woodstock Rescue, Kingston/Benedictine EMS and at SUNY Ulster Nursing and Emergency Services. He was a member of the Mid-Hudson American Heart Association and a member of their Board of Directors. He was on the Diving Rescue team for the Ulster Sheriff Department, a member and webmaster for the Ulster County Civil War Round Table and a Treasurer for the Mid-Hudson Computer Users Group. He was a 30-year Charter member of the Sawyerkill Knight Owls Camping Club, a Boy Scout leader and a longtime member of the Hurley Reformed Church. Dick is survived by his wife of 60 years, Linda Shook; his children, Debra Dougherty and her husband Gary, Donna Gaffney and her husband William and Darin Shook and his wife Anik St-Martin; his grandchildren Simon and Marco St Martin-Shook; his great grandchildren, Seth and Alexis Fisher; and his sister Helena Shultz and one nephew. Dick was predeceased by his grandson Scott Fisher. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in his memory to the Hurley Reformed Church or the Hurley Fire Department. SERVICES Graveside Service Thursday, April 02, 2020 11:00 AM Hurley Cemetery Zandhoek Road Hurley, New York 12443 Get Directions on Google Maps Print Obituary Sign Guestbook Name: Location: Video: Image: Light A Candle Candle 1 Candle 2 Candle 3 Candle 4 Email: Please keep my message private Personal Message: Personal Message (required) Confirm: Submit Guestbook entry
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Richard W Dick Shook August 05 1938 March 29 2020.
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Death notice for the town of: Kingston, state: New York