ObituariesJune 17, 1996

NEW WELLS -- Elsie W. Dunn, 78, formerly of New Wells, died Friday, June 14, 1996, at her daughter's home in Herculaneum. She was born May 4, 1918, at New Wells, daughter of Ernst and Esther Hoffman Perr. She married Norval "John" Dunn in 1948. He survives...

NEW WELLS -- Elsie W. Dunn, 78, formerly of New Wells, died Friday, June 14, 1996, at her daughter's home in Herculaneum.

She was born May 4, 1918, at New Wells, daughter of Ernst and Esther Hoffman Perr. She married Norval "John" Dunn in 1948. He survives.

Dunn and her husband farmed east of New Wells for many years. She was a lifelong member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church at New Wells.

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Survivors include her husband of Festus; a daughter, Charlotte Dunn of Herculaneum; two sisters, Elda Burroughs of Perryville and Edna Kutscher of Cape Girardeau.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Walter Patzwitz officiating. Burial will be in the New Wells Cemetery.

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