Adelaide Dunn (1919 - 2010)

Born 28 Aug 1919 in Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois, USA

Died 27 May 2010 at age 90 in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA

Biography

Adelaide was born on August 28, 1919 in Pinckneyville, IL, a daughter to Thomas and Frances (Bruns) Dunn; one of ten children. She was a graduate of St. Bruno Catholic School and a member of St. Bruno Catholic Church. After graduating from Pinckneyville High School, she entered Southern Illinois University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in English and Latin. In 1954, she received an MA in English from Washington State University, Pullman. She continued her education in several Illinois Universities and Oregon State University, earning 60 hours beyond her Master’s. She began teaching at Fairfield and Marion High schools and then moved to Chicago Heights Bloom, where she taught for over 35 years. In all, Adelaide taught high school for 42 years before retiring to the family farm in 1985. Adelaide (Dede as she was known to many) served as the Pinckneyville Librarian from 1987-1990^[1]

Her obituary says that she was preceded in death by the following siblings^[1]:

• Muriel Dunn
• Marian (Elmer) Johnson
• Generose Dunn
• Paul
• Frank
• Lloyd
• Charles
• Monsignor Meinrad

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Adelaide Dunn (1919-2010), Pyatt Funeral Home website : accessed 12 Oct 2018 by J. Ricketts

See also:

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJCW-BXN : accessed 13 October 2018), Adelaide Dunn in household of Thomas W Dunn, Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States; citing ED 84, sheet 2A, line 10, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 400; FHL microfilm 1,820,400.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS15-M8C : accessed 13 October 2018), Adelaide Dunn in household of Thomas Dunn, Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 1B, line 65, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 550; FHL microfilm 2,340,285.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCY-Z7S : 13 March 2018), Adelaide Dunn in household of Thomas Dunn, Pinckneyville Election Precinct, Perry, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-19, sheet 9B, line 63, family 165, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 866.

• Adelaide Dunn, Find-a-Grave memorial #59402780; entered by Luv Big Red from IL on 29 Sep 2010 : accessed by J. Ricketts on 7 Jul 2015.