William Hendricks "Skip" Dangers

William Hendricks “Skip” Dangers, age 76 of Ozark, Arkansas passed away, Wednesday, January 15, 2025 in Ozark. He was born April 11, 1948 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Thomas Carter Danger and Patricia Alice Greer Dangers. Skip grew up in Ozark and attended Ozark Elementary, Junior High, and High School, where he was President of his freshman class, a member of the Ozark Hillbilly football team, and the Ozark High School Band. Skip was active in Boy Scouts, achieved the rank of Eagle, and was a member of the Order of Arrow. After graduating from Ozark High School in 1966, he attended Hendrix College and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1970 with a degree in Banking and Economics. He then joined the US Peace Corps and was sent to the Philippines to work with the Philippine Department of Social Welfare as an economist. After his Peace Corp service, he worked in Washington D.C. for Common Cause, The Architect of the Capitol, and Congressman Charlie Wilson of Texas before going to Vietnam. When Skip went to Vietnam, he was employed by the US National Council of Churches/Church World Service as an accounting supervisor in their Saigon Office. Skip married Bui Thi Xuyen in Vietnam before their evacuation from Saigon in April 1975. He and his wife then moved to Papua New Guinea as a volunteer with The International Volunteer Services (IVS) where he worked for the Papua New Guinea Department of Commerce as a Development Officer and where their daughter, Diem Thi Bui Dangers, was born. For the 35 years following, Skip and his family lived and worked in seven countries, including Vietnam, and travel to Bangladesh, Srilanka, Indonesia, Myanma, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Laos, in development emergency, refugee work, humanitarian and development work. Skip retired in 2014 and moved with his wife back to Ozark where he enjoyed his forest property on Gar Creek on the outskirts of Ozark. Skip is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Carter Dangers and Patricia Alice Greer Dangers; one sister, Sally Dangers Scott; and one cousin, Sarah Sharp. Skip is survived by his wife of 49 years, Xuyen Thi Dangers of Ozark; one daughter, Diem Thi Bui Dangers and her husband Ben Moynihan of Arlington, Massachusetts; one grandson, Hien Eli Moynihan of Arlington, Massachusetts; cousins, Jimmy Greer, John Greer, David Farris, Maurice “Sonny” Greer Smith; and Greer Farris and their children. Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, February 1, 2025 at the First Christian Church North 5th Street in Ozark, Arkansas, with Reverend Shelly Wilson and Deacon Brian Lachowsky officating. Cremation arrangements were made under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home of Ozark. To leave an online memorial visit www.shafferfuneralhomeweb.com

William Hendricks "Skip" Dangers

April 11, 1948 - January 15, 2025