UTICA – The funeral service for David Charles Black, 90, of Utica will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at the Utica Church of Christ, 115 N. Central Ave., Utica, with David Smith and Doug Swan officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Bell Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Monday, July 19, at the Utica Church of Christ.
David entered this world June 19, 1931, and departed on July 14, 2021. The youngest of four boys, he was born to the late Clyde Ronald and Mary Margaret (Tulloss) Black in Mount Vernon. David attended Columbia School and graduated from Mount Vernon High in 1950. He fondlyremembered his boyhood days growing up on the farm.
In 1951, he and two friends enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and it was off to Parris Island, S.C., for basic training. During the next three years he was stationed several places in the States, along with serving overseas in Japan, Korea and Puerto Rico. He served on the heavy cruiser, Bremerton off the coast of Korea. Returning home from his tour of duty, he was honorably discharged from Camp Lejeune, N.C., with the rank of PFC. David was always very patriotic and proud to say “Semper Fi” or “Once a Marine, Always a Marine.”
When he returned home, he was employed at Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Mount Vernon. Following that, he worked a variety of jobs: insurance, auto salesman and finally auto glass installation. Recreation included fishing at Lake Erie and mushroom hunting in Ohio and Michigan. Later years found him and Jo Ellyn traveling the U.S. and the world with Freedom Years. He enjoyed his trip with Honor Flight.
In 1954, he married Jo Ellyn Johnson from Utica and together they had two sons, David Gregory (Tami) and Phillip Daniel (Olivia), who survive.
Also surviving are two grandchildren, Adam (Mandy) and Desireé; two great-granddaughters, Iris Lynn and Purity Kang Mi; sisters-in-law, Mary Ellen and JoAnn; brother-in-law, Kip Johnson; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Preceding him in death besides his parents are three brothers, Kenneth, Roger and wife Marcene, and Thomas and infant sister; also sister-in-law Viola Johnson, daughter-in-law Kang Mi Black and friend Faye Ann Spray.
David was a member of the Utica Church of Christ; life member of Amvets Memorial Post 95; life member of V.F.W. Post 4027; Colonial City Ohio Lodge 25 Loyal Order of Moose, Mount Vernon and American Legion Post0092 Utica.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Utica Church of Christ, P.O. Box 532, Utica, OH 43080, or the OSU Ross HeartHospital, 452 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, www.giveto.osu.edu.
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