Word has been received of the death of Frances Pratt Dunn, 84, formerly of Lagonda, who died Friday, December 12, 1997, at Harbor City, Calif.
Mrs. Dunn was a longtime member of Bethel Presbyterian Church at Van Buren, where she taught Sunday school. She was employed at Lagonda School (now Joe Walker) and served as a PTA president there.
She married William H. Dunn of West Union in 1933. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in California in 1983. Mr. Dunn died in Hemet, Calif., in May of 1987.
The Dunns moved to Van Nuys, Calif., in January 1957. Mrs. Dunn was employed as a cafeteria manager for the Los Angeles School District. She retired to Hemet, where she was active in First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Shirley D. Boren of Kansas City, Mo., and Linda D. Carmichael of Lomita, Calif.; one son, James H. Dunn of Reno, Nev.; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Marie P. Miller of Mesa, Ariz., and a brother, Allen B. Pratt of Lagonda.
Deceased, in addition to her husband, are two sisters, Edith Miller and Edna Cowieson.
Both Mrs. Dunn and her husband were returned to Pennsylvania for burial in West Union Cemetery, where a graveside service will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 14, with Pastor George Crawford officiating.
Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.
Last updated Wednesday, January 14, 1998
Frances Pratt Dunn
Trinity graduate taught Sunday school
She was born February 2, 1912, in Waynesburg, the son of James B. and Estella Crayne Pratt. When she was 9, the family moved to West Union in Greene County. She graduated from Trinity High School and attended Penn Commercial College.
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