"Bill" M. Dunn William

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at 11 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Vandalia.
Officiating will be: Rev. Russell Judge.
Music provided by: Sacred Heart Choir.
Interment will be in the Vandalia Cemetery.
Pallbearers: Harold Dubbert, Harold Debo, Greg Fennewald, Richard Fisher, Edward Lowry, Richard Duffner, Joe Bahr and Richard Morse.

William "Bill" M. Dunn died at 2:31 a.m. on Monday, November 3, 2003 at the Tri-County Care Center in Vandalia. After serving three years in the U. S. Army during World War II, he started a career as a natural gas superintendent for Mercer County, Illinois. Bill then served as the superintendent at Rensselaer, Indiana, from which he retired and moved to Vandalia. He was a faithful member of the Catholic Church and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council #1270. Bill was also a life member of Vandalia VFW Post 2173.

Born: September 10, 1923 in Mercer County, Illinois, the son of Rolle Lee and Fara Pratt Dunn.

Married: Edith Anne Donovan on June 18, 1966 in Sheffield, Illinois; she survives at the home.

Survivors include: his wife, Edith of Vandalia; two sisters, Lila Mae Sipes of Reynolds, Illinois and Ruth Foxall of Macomb, Illinois; several nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by: his parents and three brothers.

Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Vandalia.