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Richard Dale (Dick) Scalf

Posted 2019-02-09 by Judy Wight Branson
Camp Verde Bugle, Camp Verde, Arizona
Tuesday, July 02, 2018

Richard Dale Scalf “Dick” was a longtime resident of the Verde Valley
in Arizona. He moved to Sedona, Arizona, as a teenager in 1952, and
graduated Flagstaff High School in 1953.

Dick met the love of his life in Oak Creek Canyon in 1957 and later
married her in 1958.

He worked as a carpenter in Sedona with his dad and Uncle Bogue until
he opened a hobby shop in West Sedona in the late 1970s and ran the
business for nearly 20 years.

During that time, Dick formed the Central Arizona Modelers RC Club and
established the “flying field,” now named Scalf Field, off-forest
service road 525 between Cottonwood and Sedona. He also volunteered as
a fireman for the Sedona Fire District.

He then started a sculpture base business where he built beautiful
walnut bases for renowned artists, Susan Kliewer and others, for nearly
20 years until he retired at 82 years old in January 2018.

He was blessed with 60 years of marriage to his beautiful wife. He
lived a wonderful life and will be sorely missed.

Services will be held at Westcott Funeral Home in Cottonwood on Friday,
July 6, 2018, at 10:30 a.m.

Information provided by survivors.




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