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Blairsville man served community and country

David Dunlap represented his country and his community, serving in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard for 26 years, and also serving on the Blairsville Borough Council in the 1980s and 1990s, where he was elected council president.

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He went on to serve as the commander of units based in Johnstown and Punxsutawney.

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For many years, he also worked at the Chestnut Ridge Golf Course near Blairsville. He loved to play golf and started the annual Dunlap Easter Open 27 years ago, which has attracted about 70 golfers, Dunlap said.

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Mr. Dunlap was a member of Saints Simon and Jude Roman Catholic Church of Blairsville, and was a life Canada Goose online member of BPOE No. 406 in Blairsville.

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He was preceded in death by two sisters.

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Friends were received at the Shoemaker Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville. A Mass was held at SS Simon and Jude Roman Catholic Church, Blairsville, and interment was in SS Simon and Jude Cemetery, Blairsville. Military service was accorded Canada Goose Outlet by the Blairsville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5821 and American Legion canada goose coats on sale Post 0407.

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