On September 22, 2021, the first day of fall, as Florida's monsoonal rains stopped, the air cooled, and the sky was a clear and glistening blue, our beloved, David Eugene Conway was called up for his tee time on the golf links of Heaven.

David was born in Linton, Indiana on July 25, 1952. He was the third of six siblings born to Ruth and Gene Conway. Gene was a pharmacist and had the local Rexall Pharmacy. Open seven days a week with as many medicines for farm animals as humans, this total family effort epitomized growing up in the heartland.

David's one of a kind personality and talents were visible from the start. Hardly two years old when Disney's Davy Crocket first aired on TV, David was all in with "Davy Crocket." His coonskin cap seemed to never leave his head. He often sang solo at church because the preacher knew he would fill the pews. His brother John remembers he and David, just eight and six years old, returned 'solo' on a flight from Florida after visiting family.  During flight, the stewardess offered a meal of barbequed chicken. John said no. Simple math to John-eat the chicken, be covered with barbeque sauce, and mother would be vexed, at best, when she met the plane. To John's surprise, David said yes. Covered with sauce, three beautiful stewardesses spent much of the remaining flight cleaning him up. John realized then, David was never about the simple math of life; he leveraged life's calculus. Sometimes his calculations did fail. His sister Mary remembers one summer night David asked to use their father's car. He and brother George wanted to hang out with friends in Bloomfield. Of course, the "friends" were David's girlfriend and her sister, a perfect 'friend' for George. Mother said yes, but gave David the keys to her station wagon, and sent younger sisters Mary and Geanna, along, too.

David inherited his father's abilities in math and science. A near perfect score on the math portion of the SAT in the eighth grade and amazing aptitude for the game of golf earned him a full scholarship to Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana. From Culver he enrolled in Indiana University where he was also a member of the Indiana University golf team.  While at IU David created a new persona—Humba! His nephew, Mike, remembers being crowded with cousins in the back seat of David's Jetta and being cued to yell Humba! when David saw a friend.

David earned his degree in Chemistry from IU and moved to Santa Monica and then Denver. While in California he helped Timothy Gallwey, author of the bestselling, "Inner Game of Tennis," construct the "Inner Game of Golf." When his father developed heart problems, Dave returned home to help run the drugstore. This brought him closer to his revered Indiana Hoosiers, Bobby Knight, and St. Louis Cardinals. Back home David began writing a weekly editorial in the local paper called, "Dave Sez." Forty years ago, George and all of David's friends got a good laugh out of a happy-go-lucky-guy like David writing a serious, but well received editorial.  His friends thought it was just for the Press Credentials that gave him courtside access to the IU games—which they did.  Revisiting his editorials all these years later, David's siblings realized he had maturity and insights in his twenties that many never achieve.

When David's father passed away, he moved to Florida. When folks from southern Indiana came to winter in the Florida Panhandle, David declared himself official ambassador. Everyone loved a visit with Humba.  David's abilities and education gave him the pick of many jobs, but he settled on turf maintenance for St. Joe Company golf courses. This way he could play golf at the best courses for free. In this job, too, David was the course ambassador and knew businessmen from across the Southeast.

David purchased a 'tiny house' deep in the woods of Ebro. He never married, never had a mortgage, or car payment, or need of hot water, heat, cable, or internet. The inventory of his possessions was basically a twin bed, recliner, lamp, side table, kitchen table, desk chair, hundreds of books, and a file cabinet filled with weekly completed Bible Correspondence courses. His siblings, practitioners of life's simple math, were sad to see David deny himself even simple necessities—like heat in the winter.

David understood life's true measure. When his sister Cynthia's school for young adults with disabilities, the Chautauqua School, opened and was in frantic need of a car to transport students to job training sites, he drove his car to a mechanic in Fort Walton Beach and asked him to make the car perfect. He then called Chautauqua to say, "your car is waiting." He hitchhiked back to Ebro. Chautauqua was just one of many organizations for whom Dave repaired and donated cars, but it wasn't just cars, it was everything. David loved to give. He lived to give.  His mother, Ruth, always displayed a plaque that read, "Those who give have all things." Truly, David Eugene Conway had all things.

David Conway was preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Gene Conway, his nephew, Kurt Grabner, and his beloved dog, Jack.  He is survived and deeply loved by his siblings, John (Becky) Conway, George (Crystal) Conway, Mary (Jim) Benjamin, Geanna Secoy, Cynthia (Carroll) McCauley, their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, well as a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Services for David Conway will be held at the Folsom United Methodist Church in Worthington, Indiana on Saturday, October 9, 2021, visitation starting at 1:00 PM followed by the service starting at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations to be made in David's memory to the Chautauqua Charter School in Panama City, Florida, 1118 Magnolia Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401. Or, honor David's memory and example by walking gently through this life deeply loving family and friends, loving nature and God, and loving all humanity.