Russell J. Dunn was born in either Princess Anne (according to his death certificate) or Westover (according to his obituary), Somerset County, MD.
Russell married Flora Montana Foster on July 8, 1928, in Somerset County, MD, which was around 2 years before the 1930 US Census was taken on April 21; he is listed as the son-in-law of the head of the house, Flora's father James Foster. Twenty-two-year-old Russell's "Age at First Marriage" is listed as 20 & 20-year-old Flora's age is listed as 18.
According to a memo published in the "Marylander & Herald" (Princess Anne, MD) on Thursday, September 16, 1971, "Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dunn celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary…on Saturday night." That would put the marriage of Russell to Elsie Mae (Parks) Lusk at September 11, 1965, presumably taken place in Maryland.
He passed away from carcinoma of the lung, & was buried on January 8, 1982.
Russell & Flora Dunn's headstone was knocked over sometime between May 16 — June 8, 2022. As of February 2023, it has yet to be reset.
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Obituary, published in "The Daily Times" (Salisbury, MD) on Thursday, January 7, 1982, on page 2:
"RUSSELL J. DUNN
PRINCESS ANNE ━ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday here in the Wilson Funeral Home for Russell J. Dunn, 74, who died at his Princess Anne home Tuesday of cancer.
The Rev. Gary Morganstern will officiate and be assisted by the Rev. Ralph Parks. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.
Born in Westover, he was a son of the late Joseph and Laura Evans Dunn. His first wife, Flora M. Dunn, died in 1961. Dunn was a retired employee of Long Brothers in Westover and was a member of the Fairmount United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Elsie Dunn; five children, Hazel Landing, William Dunn, Princess Anne, Richard Dunn, Victoria, Texas, Paul Dunn, Ripley, N.Y., Stanley Dunn, Sarasota, Fla.; 13 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
He also leaves four step-children, Ralph Lusk, Fairmount, Shirley Price, Marion, Flora Murphey, Salisbury, and Josie East, Pocomoke City; 12 step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; two half-sisters, Louise Banks, Frankford, and Mary McCabe, Millsboro; a half-brother, Manaen Robinson, Millville, and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight after 7."
Russell married Flora Montana Foster on July 8, 1928, in Somerset County, MD, which was around 2 years before the 1930 US Census was taken on April 21; he is listed as the son-in-law of the head of the house, Flora's father James Foster. Twenty-two-year-old Russell's "Age at First Marriage" is listed as 20 & 20-year-old Flora's age is listed as 18.
According to a memo published in the "Marylander & Herald" (Princess Anne, MD) on Thursday, September 16, 1971, "Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dunn celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary…on Saturday night." That would put the marriage of Russell to Elsie Mae (Parks) Lusk at September 11, 1965, presumably taken place in Maryland.
He passed away from carcinoma of the lung, & was buried on January 8, 1982.
Russell & Flora Dunn's headstone was knocked over sometime between May 16 — June 8, 2022. As of February 2023, it has yet to be reset.
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Obituary, published in "The Daily Times" (Salisbury, MD) on Thursday, January 7, 1982, on page 2:
"RUSSELL J. DUNN
PRINCESS ANNE ━ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday here in the Wilson Funeral Home for Russell J. Dunn, 74, who died at his Princess Anne home Tuesday of cancer.
The Rev. Gary Morganstern will officiate and be assisted by the Rev. Ralph Parks. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.
Born in Westover, he was a son of the late Joseph and Laura Evans Dunn. His first wife, Flora M. Dunn, died in 1961. Dunn was a retired employee of Long Brothers in Westover and was a member of the Fairmount United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Elsie Dunn; five children, Hazel Landing, William Dunn, Princess Anne, Richard Dunn, Victoria, Texas, Paul Dunn, Ripley, N.Y., Stanley Dunn, Sarasota, Fla.; 13 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
He also leaves four step-children, Ralph Lusk, Fairmount, Shirley Price, Marion, Flora Murphey, Salisbury, and Josie East, Pocomoke City; 12 step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; two half-sisters, Louise Banks, Frankford, and Mary McCabe, Millsboro; a half-brother, Manaen Robinson, Millville, and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight after 7."
Russell J. Dunn was born in either Princess Anne (according to his death certificate) or Westover (according to his obituary), Somerset County, MD.
Russell married Flora Montana Foster on July 8, 1928, in Somerset County, MD, which was around 2 years before the 1930 US Census was taken on April 21; he is listed as the son-in-law of the head of the house, Flora's father James Foster. Twenty-two-year-old Russell's "Age at First Marriage" is listed as 20 & 20-year-old Flora's age is listed as 18.
According to a memo published in the "Marylander & Herald" (Princess Anne, MD) on Thursday, September 16, 1971, "Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dunn celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary…on Saturday night." That would put the marriage of Russell to Elsie Mae (Parks) Lusk at September 11, 1965, presumably taken place in Maryland.
He passed away from carcinoma of the lung, & was buried on January 8, 1982.
Russell & Flora Dunn's headstone was knocked over sometime between May 16 — June 8, 2022. As of February 2023, it has yet to be reset.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Obituary, published in "The Daily Times" (Salisbury, MD) on Thursday, January 7, 1982, on page 2:
"RUSSELL J. DUNN
PRINCESS ANNE ━ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday here in the Wilson Funeral Home for Russell J. Dunn, 74, who died at his Princess Anne home Tuesday of cancer.
The Rev. Gary Morganstern will officiate and be assisted by the Rev. Ralph Parks. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.
Born in Westover, he was a son of the late Joseph and Laura Evans Dunn. His first wife, Flora M. Dunn, died in 1961. Dunn was a retired employee of Long Brothers in Westover and was a member of the Fairmount United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Elsie Dunn; five children, Hazel Landing, William Dunn, Princess Anne, Richard Dunn, Victoria, Texas, Paul Dunn, Ripley, N.Y., Stanley Dunn, Sarasota, Fla.; 13 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
He also leaves four step-children, Ralph Lusk, Fairmount, Shirley Price, Marion, Flora Murphey, Salisbury, and Josie East, Pocomoke City; 12 step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; two half-sisters, Louise Banks, Frankford, and Mary McCabe, Millsboro; a half-brother, Manaen Robinson, Millville, and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight after 7."
Russell married Flora Montana Foster on July 8, 1928, in Somerset County, MD, which was around 2 years before the 1930 US Census was taken on April 21; he is listed as the son-in-law of the head of the house, Flora's father James Foster. Twenty-two-year-old Russell's "Age at First Marriage" is listed as 20 & 20-year-old Flora's age is listed as 18.
According to a memo published in the "Marylander & Herald" (Princess Anne, MD) on Thursday, September 16, 1971, "Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dunn celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary…on Saturday night." That would put the marriage of Russell to Elsie Mae (Parks) Lusk at September 11, 1965, presumably taken place in Maryland.
He passed away from carcinoma of the lung, & was buried on January 8, 1982.
Russell & Flora Dunn's headstone was knocked over sometime between May 16 — June 8, 2022. As of February 2023, it has yet to be reset.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Obituary, published in "The Daily Times" (Salisbury, MD) on Thursday, January 7, 1982, on page 2:
"RUSSELL J. DUNN
PRINCESS ANNE ━ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday here in the Wilson Funeral Home for Russell J. Dunn, 74, who died at his Princess Anne home Tuesday of cancer.
The Rev. Gary Morganstern will officiate and be assisted by the Rev. Ralph Parks. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.
Born in Westover, he was a son of the late Joseph and Laura Evans Dunn. His first wife, Flora M. Dunn, died in 1961. Dunn was a retired employee of Long Brothers in Westover and was a member of the Fairmount United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Elsie Dunn; five children, Hazel Landing, William Dunn, Princess Anne, Richard Dunn, Victoria, Texas, Paul Dunn, Ripley, N.Y., Stanley Dunn, Sarasota, Fla.; 13 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
He also leaves four step-children, Ralph Lusk, Fairmount, Shirley Price, Marion, Flora Murphey, Salisbury, and Josie East, Pocomoke City; 12 step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; two half-sisters, Louise Banks, Frankford, and Mary McCabe, Millsboro; a half-brother, Manaen Robinson, Millville, and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight after 7."
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DUNN
RUSSELL J.
1907 ━ 1982
Gravesite Details
Buried beside his wife Flora, & his father Joseph Dunn, near the metal link fence on Fleurs Lane in between the 2nd & 3rd lanes in the cemetery. Headstone was knocked over between May - June 2022; not fixed as of Feb. 2023.
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