Obit of Dunn Jr., Edwin L. - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 30 Apr 2006 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Fort Sill National Cemetery--Elgin OK Lawton Constitution 3 Mar 2005 Edwin L. Dunn Jr. ELGIN Graveside service for Edwin L. Dunn Jr., 83, Elgin, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. A reception for all guests will be after the service at the Martini residence across the street from the Dunn estate. Mr. Dunn died Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. He was born Oct. 10, 1921, in Lawton to Edwin L. and Maybelle Grace Osmond Dunn Sr. He grew up in Oklahoma and received his bachelor's degree from Tulsa University and his master's in Mexico. He joined the U.S. Air Force on Nov. 14, 1942, in Oklahoma City and served as an aerial engineer. He was honorably discharged at Sheppard Field, Texas, on Oct. 21, 1945. Military awards he received include the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Service Medal with four Bronze Stars, Philippine Liberation Service Medal with one Bronze Star, Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal and Good Conduct Medal. He later taught art in Fairfax, Va., for 17 years. Survivors include his son, David Martin Dunn, California; a niece, Denise Chrisner and her husband, Larry, Elgin; and a nephew, James Ellis and his wife, Sally, Colorado; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters: Betty Lynch and Daisy Belle Elkins. Another reception will be at 1 p.m. at Elgin First United Methodist Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html