David Sporcic

David A. Sporcic DMD, 65, of Conway, NH died November 6, 2010 at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, NH after a boating accident while duck hunting off the Maine coast in Kittery. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of Anton and Mary (Sepac) Sporcic, he grew up in Crafton Heights, PA and moved to Conway in 1974.
David graduated from The Kiski School in Saltsburg, PA in 1964; he graduated from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI in 1968 and the University of Pittsburgh Dental School in 1972. He served as a dentist in the United States Army, achieving the rank of captain, at Fort Jackson, in Columbia, SC, from 1972 to 1974. He had owned and operated a dental practice in Conway since 1974.
He was a lifetime member of Safari Club International (SCI), two-term President of SCI Maine Chapter, member of Rocky Mtn. Elk Foundation, NRA, Ducks Unlimited, Green Mountain Shooting Preserve, Hampton Rod & Gun Club, New Hampshire Wildlife Federation, Sportsmen Against Hunger and former President of White Mountain Milers.
Dr. Sporcic enjoyed big game and bird hunting, deep sea and fresh water fishing, skiing, golfing and running dogs. He also donated his time to the Kiwanis Dental Project and the Rozzie May Animal Alliance.
The family includes a daughter, Mary S. Farrington and her husband William of Hingham, MA; two sons, Benjamin D. Sporcic of Leesburg, VA and Christopher A. Sporcic and his wife Megan of Harrisburg, PA; two grandchildren, Benjamin Farrington and Claire Farrington, of Hingham, MA and his girlfriend, Patricia Shepard and her children, Danno and Lindsey Shepard, all of Kittery, ME.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday November 12, 2010 at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of the Mountains Church in North Conway. Burial will take place at a future date in Resurrection Cemetery in Coraopolis, PA. Calling hours will be Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the C