Submitted by: John C. Monk
Helen
E. Dunn
June
7, 1920 - Feb. 25, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Helen Elizabeth Dunn, 89, of Sebring, Florida,
formerly of South Bend, IN, and Pittsburgh, PA, died peacefully
in her sleep on Thursday, February 25, 2010. She was born June 7,
1920, in Pittsburgh, and on June 7, 1947, married Robert Francis
Dunn. The family moved to South Bend in December 1959. Helen
retired as a bookkeeper from the former Bendix Corp. Her husband
died on November 7, 1976. Helen is survived by her daughter,
Roberta Frances Dunn of South Bend; and her son, William Thomas
Dunn, his wife, Holly; two grandchildren, Patrick and Sheila, all
of Oak Park, IL; and her dear cousin, Dorothy "Pidgeon"
Dulemba of Pittsburgh, PA. Helen loved to travel and play bridge,
was an excellent cook, and a fabulous seamstress who made many
beautiful outfits for herself and her daughter. Helen has already
been cremated and her ashes will be interred next to her husband
in Jefferson Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Hill, PA. A memorial
service will be held in South Bend at a date yet to be
determined.
Published in South Bend Tribune on March 7, 2010