![]() Being stuck in a horticultural paradise of your own making is like locking Picasso in a studio and telling him he has to paint.Ĭulp loves the camaraderie of the garden world: the symposiums, the dinner parties with plant-nerd friends, the plant sales in public gardens. When you devote years to creating a garden at this level, it becomes the center of your universe. The enforced isolation has brought home what he knew all along. “It was the absolutely worst time to launch a book,” he says.īut Culp is not crestfallen. Some friends drove by to look at the roadside tulips. Then the coronavirus arrived and the shutdown followed. This year, the parties, book signings and garden tours promised to be a marker, perhaps the marker, of a life’s work. Please visit to share memories or online condolences with Dave's family.At Brandywine Cottage, spring is a highlight of the garden’s year, a time when as many as two busloads of visitors a week arrive to take in extravagant displays of tulips and savor walks through the burgeoning woodland, the decorative vegetable garden, the herbaceous borders and more than a dozen other major features. The family requests that material tributes take the form of contributions to Hospice of the Valley, 5190 Market Street, Boardman,OH 44512 or to Good Hope Lutheran Church, 98 Homestead Drive, Boardman, OH 44512 in memory of Dave. at the church with Pastor Bob Quaintance officiating. There will be a funeral service celebrating Dave's life at 11:00 a.m. at Good Hope Lutheran Church, 98 Homestead Drive in Boardman. at Davis-Becker Funeral Home, 8536 Market Street in Boardman and on Saturday, Jfrom 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Moore.įamily and friends may call on Friday, Jfrom 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. (Tina) Culp of Girard, OH five grandchildren, David (Megan) Culp of Austintown, OH Theresa (Richard) Horvath of Boardman, OH, Maria (Ryan) Hancock of Girard, OH, Kassie Lee Williamson of Elyria, OH, Robbie Williamson of Boardman, OH four great-grandchildren, Eva Hancock, Nolan Hancock, Charlotte Culp, and Ricky Horvath a brother, Jonathan (Cari) Culp of Mineral Ridge, OH three sisters, Ruth Rummel of Columbiana, OH, Leah (Jack) Martin of North Lima, OH, and Rachel Miller of Leetonia, OH.īesides his parents, Melvin and Elisabeth, Dave was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, the former Hildalee "Lee" Violet Moore, whom he married on Maand died on Matwo brothers, Melvin Culp, and Daniel Culp two sisters and their husbands, Dorothea (Walter) Kyser and Barbara (Walter) Hartsock and brothers-in-law, Clarence Rummel and Herman Miller and a brother-in-law, Berkley L. (Jon) Williamson of Boardman, OH, and Carl D. Dave had a great sense of humor and always had a great joke to tell.ĭave is survived by three children, Kenneth D. He was an model railroad hobbyist, loved observing nature, feeding animals in his yard, doing landscaping, and planting and caring for the vegetables and flower gardens in his backyard. In his free time, Dave enjoyed traveling, camping, and going on cruises. He especially enjoyed attending and supporting his grandchildren at their sporting and musical events. He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. ![]() He was also the founder of the Boardman Retired Letter Carriers Breakfast Club, which he enjoyed attending.ĭave was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother. When his children were in school, Dave and his wife were members of the Boardman Band Parents Association, and volunteers with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of Boardman. ![]() After his retirement from the Post Office, Dave became a part-time custodian for 10 years at Good Hope Lutheran Church.ĭavid was an active member of Good Hope Lutheran Church in Boardman, where he was an usher, a member of church council, where he served as vice president, a member of the worship committee, serving as chairman, a member of the senior choir, and with his wife, Lee, they co-chaired the Good Hope Booster Club for over 10 years. ![]() He graduated from North Lima High School in 1954 and attended Youngstown College.ĭave was a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service, working at the Boardman Post Office for 37 years. He shared his birthday with his father, Melvin. Culp, 85, formerly of Hitchcock Road, passed away Tuesday morning, Jat Shepherd of the Valley in Poland with his loving family by his side.ĭavid, known by his family and friends as "Dave," was born Decemin North Lima, Ohio, a son of the late Melvin and Elisabeth (Hoffmeister) Culp. ![]()
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