Dana Charles Hendricks

Dana Charles Hendricks died May 3, 2015, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Cedarville, Michigan. Dana was born October 11, 1947, to Charles Virgil Hendricks and Marie Allen Hendricks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Dana attended elementary school in Cedarville where his parents owned and operated the Snows Hotel. After the Snows was destroyed by a fire, the family moved to Florida where they continued in the Hotel business. This was followed by a move to Farming-ton, Michigan where Dana attended Farmington High School. He was a star football player who received an invitation to try out for the Lions, but a knee injury ended his career. He graduated in 1965. He married his high school sweetheart Judy Woody in 1967. He served in the US Army in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972. Upon his return home, they made their home in Highland, Michigan and started their family. Dana worked for several pump and piping businesses over his career and after 10 years for Coon De Visser, he started his own business. Heritage Environmental & Pump was born in his basement, in 1993 and was successful for over a decade. In 2005 Dana retired and he and Judy made their summer home in Cedarville, their per-manent residence. Dana was very active and followed the motto “Do it right or don’t do it at all.” He loved modeling. Most of his creations consisted of wooden boats, canons, and railroad build-ings. He also built clocks and furniture. He liked to collect antiques and restore them and was happy to have the oars from the rowboat Christopher Reeves used in the movie “Somewhere in Time” in his collection. He was a handyman who could fix al-most anything and was a stickler for details. He loved his son and daughter in law and his grandchildren more than anything and enjoyed spending time with them. He liked to boat and was happiest spending time on or near the water. He was outgoing and enjoyed visiting with people about almost any subject. Dana is survived by his wife Judy; his son Shawn (Julie) Hendricks of Austin, Texas; his grandson Aidan, granddaughter Alyssa; his sisters Vivian (Jack) Spurling of Da-vidson, Michigan and Barbara Olmstead of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Dana was also survived by his best friend Gordon Petersen. Dana was predeceased by his parents. A memorial service will be held at the First Union Church in Cedarville, Michigan on Thursday May 7, 2015 at 11:00 a.m., with Reverend Jeffery Myers, officiating. A gather-ing will be held at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the service. Burial will be in Edgewood Cedar cemetery at a later date. R. Galer Funeral Home, 24549 S. M-129 in Pickford, Michigan is serving the family. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rgalerfuneralhome.com.

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Dana Charles Hendricks

October 11, 1947 - May 3, 2015