Richard "Dick" H. Jolly

Richard Hayes Jolly, known to one and all as Dick, died on December 5, 2023 aged 97. Dick was born on October 15, 1926 in Youngstown, Ohio, first born child to James and Helen Jolly, Dick was followed by Howard, Robert and Martha. Shortly, thereafter, the family moved east to New Jersey. A child of the Depression, Dick spent several years with his family on his grandfather’s Oil City, Pennsylvania, farm, an experience only he enjoyed. He also spent frequent summer days on Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, with his best friend Herman Roos fishing, swimming, fighting off imaginary foes with their BB guns and staying up late into the night reading adventure stories. Dick passed along a lifetime love of reading to his children. He worked his way up to head usher at the local movie theater, giving him a key to the candy machines, and lettered in basketball at Union High School in Union, New Jersey. As a member of America’s Greatest Generation, he volunteered at age 17 and became a proud US Navy combat veteran. He trained as a radar specialist and at age 18, Dick found himself off to Iwo Jima and Okinawa directing Navy pilots to intercept numerous waves of Japanese kamikaze attacks. Dick and his shipmates on the USS Atlanta were in Tokyo Bay for the surrender of the Japanese. He also went ashore at Nagasaki six months after the atomic bomb was dropped on that city. Returning home he attended, thanks to the GI Bill, Union Junior College and Bucknell University graduating in 1950. Dick then married his high school sweetheart, Hope Caroline Cassell, a marriage that lasted 73 years. After working for Worthington Pumps and International Research and Development and volunteering as an Assistant Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts, Dick was hired by the Acushnet Company, maker of Titleist golf balls and moved to Worthington, Ohio. He became a friend to Ohio Golf and to all who worked in the public and private golf courses throughout the state from the head pros to the part time bag room boys. Following his retirement, Dick continued in golf working at the Blackhawk Golf Course in Galena, Ohio, always having a kind and friendly word to all. Dick is survived by his loving wife, Hope, his sister, Martha Daub, his children Peter and Melissa (Scott) Jamieson, grandchildren Grant, Stewart and Hope Jamieson, great grandchildren Wells and Ford Jamieson. SERVICE INFORMATION: Family will have a Celebration of Life at a later time. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION INFORMATION: Ohio Health Hospice; https://foundation.ohiohealth.com/programs/hospice-giving or Franklin County Humane Society; http://www.fchsanimals.org.

Richard "Dick" H. Jolly

October 15, 1926 - December 5, 2023