Memorial Service Planned for Pastor Dan Dungan

AUBURN, WA (March 9, 2011) – A memorial service for retired Evangelical Covenant Church pastor Dan Dungan, 66, will be conducted at 2 p.m. March 19 at Midway Community Covenant Church in Des Moines, Washington.

Dungan died March 2. He was born March 8, 1944, in Seattle, Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Education degree from Seattle Pacific University and a Master of Education from the same institution.

He married Doris Bergman on June 24, 1966. She survives.

Following a long public school teaching career, Dungan served as associate pastor at Midway Community Covenant Church in Des Moines. He also served as an interim pastor at Highland Covenant Church in Bellevue, Washington, and Creekside Covenant Church in Redmond, Washington. He was active for many years in the North Pacific Conference Ministerium.

In addition to his wife, Dungan is survived by two children, Tim Dungan and Sara Wolf.

A graveside service was held this morning at the Mountain View Cemetery in Auburn.

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