ELMO E. DUNN
Elmo E. Dunn, 76, prominent, life-long resident of Mt. Vernon, a
retired food merchant and from 1951 to 1955 assessor of Black township, died at
8:09 o'clock last night at his home at 824 Mill street where he had resided for
almost half a century.
Four years of illness of heart disease had hospitalized him on
five occasions during each of which he was desperately ill.
Mr. Dunn's solid integrity, his genial personality and his
devotion to his home were assets of character generally recognized in the
His father, James Dunn, was a representative of a pioneer South
Posey family. His mother was before her marriage Carrie Gumberts, a native of
The body is at Short-Niehaus Funeral
Home.
Rev. J. Kenneth Forbes, minister of
The wife, nee Cora J. Harp, also a Posey county native, and a
sister; Mrs. Clarence Holmes,
The deceased was a charter member of Posey aerie, No 1717,
Fraternal Order of Eagles, and a member of
For 22 years, Mr. Dunn was a clerk in the former Fred P. Dietz
busy Corner Grocery, leaving there to be employed by the former Klein & Wasem Grocery Co., and then returning to the Dietz store
prior to opening his own food market on the south and College avenue. he and his wife successfully operated the Dunn store for 23
years and retired six years ago.
The deceased was a
An ardent Democrat in politics, he was elected to a four year term
as Black township assessor in 1950 but did not seek a second term because of
failing health.
*old scrapbook
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers