Those who didn't read the obituary in the Bedford Gazette found out soon enough when they made the bend along the old Lincoln Highway and saw that the iconic Gulf service station - the last original decorative terra cotta Gulf gas station in the country - was closed. It was the last time he saw Dunkle alive. "A little bit later, as Jack started to leave, he turned and paused for a moment at the threshold of the shop door, looked over his shoulder, and said to me, 'I do need something, but it is not anything anyone, including you, can give me, and that is time,'" recalled Barnes, 70, who chokes up over the memory. Dunkle looked pale, but he waved Barnes off when asked if he needed anything. Barnes was telling a story to his friend of over 40 years. BEDFORD, Pennsylvania - Two weeks ago, Jack Dunkle was sitting with his best friend, Bob Barnes, at his auto parts store along U.S.
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