Dave was a ... Well, Dave had a...when guys would ask me if they could bring there wife by just long enough to see my shop, I always thought immediately of David Churman because I wasn't 10 feet inside his house of treasures before I asked him the same question. I instantly knew, here was a man whose passion and enthusiasm would occupy as much space and time in his life as needed and I could show my spouse, that there was a man who was bitten with a bug worse than mine. There are few caves of treasure guarded by a giant that rival Dave's. I can say that I found many a treasure there and to my wife's great relief I added as much over the years as I took away. Doing business with Dave Churchman was always great fun, often greasy, dusty, and sweaty, but great fun. In recent years our relationship has been over the phone. Six months ago, I called the house and spent over an hour talking with Charlene. What a family.The boys were teens last time I remember seeing them. It has been too long since I visited and I found out about Dave's passing because we had planned to visit this very week. Dave was helpful to a novice. Dave was enthusiastic about partnering on a buyout opportunity with an amateur. Dave was more than fair when buying from me as I became a fellow collector. I have many many tools and there are places in my life that require a flashlight. I love people and I knowledge, but I come up way short if I even begin to compare myself to this larger than life man that was Dave Churchman. He planted many seeds that will assure that his memory lives on and hopefully much of what Dave knew will come together again in such a rare and truly individual person, but I suspect it will be a long time coming.

Michael Dorsa