Dana Lewis Delaware

Doctor Delaware was the reason I became a college professor. A sweet, patient man. I am very shocked he has passed. If it were not for him my career would have been nil. What a kind, caring, giving, wonderful man. My previous wife, nee Jimi Hendricks, taught his children at the Early Childhood Center at NMSU.

Dana was on the chemistry faculty when I arrived at Truman in 1983. He had high expectations for his students, the chemistry program and himself. He gave his students the very valuable gift of his time and encouragement. Because the program was a bit short on faculty, Dana recruited some of the students ( including myself) to be undergraduate teaching assistants for organic lab. I truly felt honored to help the program and worked tirelessly to help the students but also to live up to...

Marist was such a small community back in 1973 and everyone basically knew everyone on campus. I didn't hang out with Dana on a personal level, but I'm sure our paths crossed to and from class. It's always a sad day when one of our own passes, especially from the Class of '73. My deepest sympathy to Dana's family. My he live on in your memories of him. Mark Mahoney '73

Dana served the Kirksville community. Among other things, he was involved in the physical work of setting up and taking down an American flag in front of our house and many other houses in Kirksville six times a year as part of a Rotary project. This was a considerable commitment and we thank him for his service and his friendship. He was never too busy to talk for a few minutes whether saw him walking in the neighborhood, putting up or taking down flags or at a church event. We are mourn his...

I've known Dana and Sarah since 1983, when I first moved to Kirksville. Dana always was for me one of the most honest, genuinely caring and intelligent people I knew. Though he was only a few years older than me, he reminded me of my father, since his kindness and goodness remained behind a sometimes gruff exterior, but, like my dad, he wasn't fooling anybody who really knew him- he was a concerned and caring person all the way. My condolences to Sarah, the rest of his family and to all of...

Although I've known Dana since his arrival at Truman State University in 1980, it was in recent years volunteering at Pantry for Adair County where I got to know him best. He was one of those people who truly had "a servant's heart," and when you saw him in action at the Pantry, you knew that heart was as big as a washtub. Rest in Peace, friend.

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I appreciated Dana many times at Mary Immaculate. His presence was always a welcome addition, waiting in the vestibule or participating in an event. I also will always be grateful for his inspiring interaction with each of our two kids who were in his JBA class. Many years after those classes, he amazed me by the way he remained interested in those long-ago students. Memory of him will be a blessing.

Dana and Sarah came up with the idea of the ongoing Drive Through Drop Off food collections for PAC when the pandemic kept us from the usual donations brought to Mass on the weekends. He (and Sarah!) would be out there pacing back and forth even in the extremes of weather, because that was their commitment to the food pantry. Mary Immaculate parish offers our deepest condolences.