Richard William Pope Sr. “Dick Pope”, 81 formerly of Windsor NY (Originally from Greene NY), Passed June 23, at home in Brockport NY. Richard graduated from Greene Central as a member of the class of 1959. Dick will be remembered as an avid sportsman and athlete.
He was preceded in death by his father Marion Pope, his mother Mina Pope, his wife and mother of his children Cora Burden Pope, a sister Joyce Pope, his Step-son Theodore Parker, and a great grandson Adrian.
He is survived by his wife Sandra Snyder Pope, a sister Donna Pope, his children, Angie, Cora King, Pamela Alford, Micheal (Shanon) Pope, Richard Pope Jr, Bonnie (Chris) Allen, Brian Pope, and a step-son Richard (Jessica) Parker.
Dick and Sandra have 19 grandchildren, Amber and Autumn Parker, Robert and Dylan King, C.J. and Morgan Lum, Emma Pope, Alexandra and Zachery Alford Tyler Webb, Cody, Allison and Austin Parker, Richard Pope III (Trey), Kayla and Emmitt Pope, Sidney Hoover, Chris Jr (C.J.) and Noah Allen. As well as 8 great Grandchildren.
The family will hold a private celebration of life ceremony on July 10th 2021 in Brockport, NY with interment at Jersey Hill Cemetery in Meshoppen PA to follow at a later date. Messages of sympathy may be left on this site and will be shared with the family. In lieu of flowers the family asks that charitable donations be made in Dicks name to: David’s Refuge, 8195 Cazenovia Road, Manilius, NY 13104 Or online at: WWW.Davidsrefuge.Org
Dear Sandy my heart goes out to you.My thoughts and prayers for you and your family , May Dick Rest In Peace and fly high with the angels I love you my dear cousin
Thank you Jeannette. Mom was very glad to hear from you and we all appreciate the thoughts and prayers.
Sandy and entire Pope family, We are saddened to hear of Dick’s passing. Sending love and sympathies to all during this sad time. Find comfort knowing that your memories will keep Dick close in your hearts. May he rest in peace.
Chuck and Leslie, Thank you for the kind words. We were all glad to hear from you.
Dear Sandy,
So sorry to hear of your loss. We are thinking of you and will be keeping you in our prayers.
Love, JR & sissy Norton and family 🌹
To the Pope family: I worked with Dick at Link’s for many years. We stayed in touch on and off after Links. Considered him a good friend, he will be missed.
To the family of Dick,
Chuck and I are sorry to of Dick’s passing. Chuck and Dick played baseball together at Greene Central on a Championship team. They were good friends and had great times together and Chuck has cherished those memories. May your memories comfort you in the years to come
To Dick Pope’s family,
Sandy and I send our condolences and our wishes for peace as you mourn for Dick and celebrate his life. Sandy met Dick at Greene Central School’s annual Alumni Banquets in the years when the Class of ’59 was being honored. Bud played football and baseball on the ball flats with Dick when we were free-range kids from about 6 years old until we were old enough to play in organized sports. Dick was one of the best athletes among our group of “townies” and was always chosen first in our games. Sadly, he was not able to participate in high school football, a contact sport, because of an early injury. He would have been a star. Fortunately his injury did not prevent him from playing baseball and basketball, two other sports in which he excelled. And, although he could not play football, he showed up during football practice and spent his time kicking and passing a football to anyone who would retrieve the ball and often retrieving his own kicks just to hone his skills. Through these efforts he ended up making a mark for himself in football by being chosen to run the punt, pass and kick program for youth in Greene for several years. Bud has great memories of Dick from their days playing together in Greene, playing in pickup games on the ball flats, and playing together on the high school basketball team. We hope your memories will sustain you as you mourn.
Bud and Sandy Meade