<CORSA Chapters> Fwd: Sad News of Dennis Dorogi

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A sad day for the loss of a true artist. My condolences to his family and friends. His legacy lives on. 
yea, Vairily ... Shaun 


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_[See the attached file]_ 
(https://assets.hemmings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CarlSaganCorvair_02_2500.jpg) 
I am saddened to report the passing of NFCC member Dennis Dorogi of 
Brocton, NY. 
Dennis was a long time member of the NFCC, and a restorer of top rate 
Corvairs including the Carl Sagan Spyder (Link below to article) 
Below is the obituary, a memorial is being planned for a later date. 
…………………Gary 
Dennis David Dorogi, 82 years old of Brocton, New York passed away 
peacefully at his home Tuesday afternoon May 16, 2017 surrounded by his loving 
family. Dennis was born in Cleveland Ohio on February 27, 1935 to the late 
Joseph and Anna Fecek Dorogi and has lived in the Brocton area since 1963. He 
served in the Army National Guard and attended Ohio University, graduating 
with a Bachelors and a Masters of Fine Arts Degrees . He was a respected 
teacher of fine arts at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois and at 
SUNY Fredonia in New York. For his master's thesis Dennis built a concrete play 
sculpture in an elementary school playground and wrote on the importance 
of play in children's lives. His polychrome wooden sculptures are owned in 
private collections and museums. Retired from teaching, he built his studio, 
opened a business in Brocton and became widely known as a master craftsman 
and luthier, building and selling hundreds of finely handcrafted mountain 
and hammered dulcimers and psalteries throughout the United States. As he 
gradually lessened this business he continued a demanding hobby of long 
interest, the art of restoring automobiles, especially Chevrolet Corvairs. Most 
recently he worked on a historic auto, a Spyder Corvair once owned by New 
York scientist Carl Sagan. Dennis was a founding member of the Chautauqua 
Crafts Alliance. He was recognized for outstanding achievement as an 
individual artist in Chautauqua County in 2009. He was also a member of the Niagara 
Frontier Corvair Club. He was well known at area classic car events and 
won Corvair Society of America concours senior division status and the 
prestigious Van Bortel Cup Award. The Smithsonian Air Museum owns his model of 
the 1900 Wright brothers rope-towed glider. This model was used in the 
exhibit ”The History of Human Flight”. 
Dennis is survived by his wife Ruth whom he met and married in Athens Ohio 
in May of 1961. They were married for 56 years and lived in Brocton for 
most of those years. He is also survived by sons Mark Dorogi (Kathy Sommers), 
of Ann Arbor, Michigan, parents of Zoe and Ariel Dorogi, Andrew (Florence) 
Tsang-Dorogi of Lancaster and Queens New York, Mike ( DeAnn) Dorogi of 
Newark, Ohio, parents of Owen Dorogi; Matt Dorogi (Irina Hentea )of 
Marlborough, Massachusetts, parents of Natalia and Kaya Dorogi; and daughter Sara 
Dorogi of Dunkirk, New York, he is also survived by brother Joseph Dorogi and 
sister Kathleen Neumann, both of Cleveland. 
A Memorial Service will be planned for a later date and at the convenience 
of Dennis's family. Funeral arrangements were provided by the Morse 
Funeral Home of Brocton, New York. 
http://themorsefuneralhome.com/obituaries 
Restoration of the Sagan Spyder 
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2014/07/11/cosmic-provenance-the-resurrection- 
of-carl-sagans-corvair-spyder/ 


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