Richard J. Guter (Dick)

Richard J. Guter (Dick) passed on to his heavenly home on August 11, 2016, after an eight year “on again/off again” battle with cancer. Born December 5, 1936 in Huntington, WV to Richard G. and Dorothy R. Guter, he attended elementary school in Wheeling, WV and high school in Charleston, WV. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1958 with a BA in Sociology & Psychology. He then attended the University of Chicago, San Diego State and Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he received his MPA in 1979. Dick served his country for 20 years (1960-1980) in the U.S. Navy. His expertise in naval intelligence led to tours of duty in Pensacola, FL, Alameda, CA, Whidbey Island, WA, San Diego, CA, Denver, CO, Jacksonville, FL, Oahu, HI, and Taipei, Taiwan. His navy career culminated in New York, NY with command of a covert intelligence unit, and then with the Naval Investigative Service, as the Executive Officer of Regional Headquarters. After the Navy, he spent twenty years in Corporate Security, finishing as the Assistant Director of World-wide Corporate Security for Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase). Outside of work Dick enjoyed serving in his local church and coaching his sons’ sports teams. Dick and his wife retired to Sun City in 2000, and quickly became involved in St Gregory the Great Catholic Church, where Dick rejoined the Knights of Columbus, and their many activities. His passion for the last nine years of his life was the KAIROS Prison Ministry at Allendale Correctional Institution, Fairfax, SC. Dick is survived by his devoted wife of 55 ½ years, Barbara (nee Alderman), a daughter Kristen Fyfe-Mills (Doug) of Alexandria, VA, a son Rick (Richard E.) of Carson, CA, and a son Timothy P. (Jessica) of New Bern, NC, and grandchildren Kayla and Trevor Fyfe, and Jacob, Joshua and Meghan Guter. The family will receive visitors at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton on Sunday, August 28, 5-7 p.m., with the Mass of Catholic Burial at St. Gregory the Great, 333 Fording Island Road, Bluffton on Monday, August 29, 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, Dick’s wishes were that contributions be made to Hospice of the Low Country, the Padre Pio Foundation, the Allendale Correction Worship Center (PO Box 104, Allendale, SC), or a charity of your choice.