Lorain-Cuyahoga County OhArchives Obituaries.....Dunn, Leo John March 30, 2006
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Lorain Morning Journal May 7, 2006
WORLD WAR II VETERAN, ADVERTISING MAN

NAPLES – Leo J. Dunn (né Leo John Dominick) died peacefully at his home in 
Naples, Florida, on March 30, 2006, at the age of ninety-four.  Born on 
December 16, 1911 to Roc and Mary Kovac Dominick of Lorain, Ohio, Leo graduated 
from high school in Lorain and later attended the University of Cincinnati.  As 
a young man he played trumpet in local clubs and orchestras with his brother, 
Rocque, a clarinetist, during the Big Band Era. 

In his twenties, Leo enjoyed  the hustle and glamour of the hotel business; he 
worked for the Statler Hotels in Cleveland, Miami, and New York.  In 1942 he 
was inducted into the Army, serving in World War II.  Leo was eventually 
promoted to Master Sergeant, and in 1945 was tranferred to the 82nd Airborne 
Div. for occupation duty in Berlin where he established and ran an officers’ 
club for American servicemen.  Honorably discharged in 1946, he earned a number 
of decorations including good conduct medal and three bronze service stars.

After the war, Leo joined the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. as a salesman in Yellow 
Pages.  He became National Sales Manager and retired from Ohio Bell thirty-five 
years later.  A dapper dresser, he was known for wearing a fresh flower in the 
lapel of his suit every day.  In 1951 he married Kathryn Barry Powers of 
Columbus, Ohio.  They were married for fifty-two years and lived an active life 
together until her death in 2003.  They resided in Rocky River, Ohio until 1977 
and then retired to Naples, on the Gulf coast.  Kay and Leo lived near the 
beach where he continued his hobbies:  horticulture, reading, swimming and 
fishing.  He was involved for many years in the Telephone Pioneers of America, 
serving as a local president in 1985-86.    

Leo was predeceased by his sister, Gisella Fertalj, in 1991 and his brother, 
Rocque, in 1977.  He is survived by a step-daughter, Eileen Powers Carpenter of 
Lakewood, Ohio; four grandchildren (Kathleen Hull, Patricia Foster, Richard 
Hull, and Nancy McCormack); and eight great-grandchildren.  Additional 
survivors include a nephew, John Fertalj, Jr. of Amherst and a niece, Evelyn 
Woskobnick of Lorain.  

A funeral mass will be held in Lorain on Monday, May 8 at St. Stanislaus 
Church, followed by a graveside rite of committal at Calvary Cemetery.  The 
Rev. Kevin Shemuga will preside.                 


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