Patrick Thomas Dunlap

Patrick (Pat) Dunlap, 72, of Clarksville, MD, died suddenly on August 28, 2017. He was born December 29, 1944 in Latrobe, PA. , a son of the late Lawrence V. and Wilma (Callaghan) Dunlap. He was predeceased by his brothers Lawrence V. and Bernard. He is survived by his wife Nancy, daughter Olga, son Patrick Lawrence, as well as by brothers Paul (wife Natalie) of Latrobe PA., Dennis (wife Millie), of Irwin, PA., and sister Wilma “Willie” Ulery (husband Richard) of Ligonier, PA., and many nieces and nephews.

He attended elementary school at St. Cecilia's Parish in Whitney, PA and was in the choir, served as an altar boy, and was a member of the crossing patrol. It was the beginning of his love for languages - having to sing and assist Mass in Latin.

After graduating from Latrobe High School in 1962, he entered the USAF in 1963 attending Russian language training at Indiana University at Bloomington, IN. He served in Alaska and saw the devastation caused by the massive earthquake of 1964. He also served in Pakistan. After four great years in the service, he had to make a life decision of reenlisting and learning Vietnamese or going on to college. After climbing a mountain in Pakistan to think about this decision, he decided to continue on with his education and attended Penn State University in State College, PA, where he pursued a double major in Journalism and Russian language. He was able to finish his studies in 3 years and graduated in 1969.

In 1970 he started working at the National Security Agency (NSA) at Ft. Meade, MD where he met his wife, Nancy, and worked as a linguist, analyst, manager and staff officer until retiring early in 1994. After retiring he and his wife Nancy pursued their dream of adopting from Russia. In 1998 their dream was realized when they adopted their precious daughter, Olga Marina. Pat was the stay-at-home dad and worked tirelessly around the house and yard.

In 2006 he was diagnosed with late stage lyme disease that resulted in painful peripheral neuropathy. Although his physical activities were limited, he always kept a positive attitude, sense of humor, and spent many hours on the computer helping people around the world with computer/research issues. He did miss being outdoors so he got his “hummer” scooter and was able to enjoy the outdoors again.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center.