Funeral arrangements and visitation set for Dinglewood Pharmacy owner Terry Hurley
Terry Hurley, the owner and pharmacist of Dinglewood Pharmacy & Gifts, has died.
The iconic midtown Columbus business, established in 1918, announced his death Saturday in a Facebook post.
Hurley died peacefully at home, the post says, after serving as the pharmacist and owner of Dinglewood since 1978. He was 82.
The pharmacy is known for its soda fountain-style restaurant and is famous for its Scrambled Dogs, and gifts and home decor.
Funeral services for Hurley are scheduled for 11 a.m., Aug. 9 at St. Paul United Methodist Church with Rev. John Fugh Jr. officiating, according to an obituary by McMullen Funeral Home.
Visitation is set for Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at McMullen Funeral Home and Crematory.
Outpouring of support
There was an outpouring of support from the community on social media in response to the news of Hurley’s death.
Peggy Bladen, wife of the late Ken Bladen, remembered the friendly rivalry Ken and Hurley enjoyed over the years before he died in 2018. Ken became the owner of Jacob’s Pharmacy, later Bladen Pharmacy, in 1972.
The two men enjoyed talking about medication and would borrow drugs from each other as they ran their pharmacies.
“They teased each other about pricing,” Bladen wrote in a Facebook post. “Their personalities were friendly and respectful…My prayers for his family.”
Another community member, Hazel Rust Fox, remembers the friendship and kindness Hurley showed her mother, Hazel Rust, in the last years of her life when her health and memory declined.
“Dinglewood was ‘her place’,” Fox wrote on Facebook. “(It was) where she went each day for lunch, but not just because she liked the food. Terry and everyone at Dinglewood made her feel special and loved.”
The hour and a half Rust spent each day at Dinglewood in the company of Hurley and his dog made her incredibly happy, Fox said.
MidTown, Inc., a business association that Dinglewood Pharmacy is a member of, also released a statement on Facebook lauding Hurley for the pharmaceutical care he gave Columbus and stating that his serving multiple generations with scrambled dogs was inspiring.
“If only we had a prescription to treat our broken hearts from his loss,” the statement reads. “Rest in peace, Terry. You will be missed.”
This story was originally published August 5, 2024 at 9:29 AM.
