The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
August 1, 1951
Page 7John Dunn Dies
At Hines HospitalJohn H. Dunn, 67, died Friday, July 20, 1951 at Hines veterans' hospital at Chicago.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon, at Kimber & West chapel in Galesburg. Rev. M. L. Raymond officiated, and burial with full military honors by the Galesburg American Legion was accorded at the burial in East Linwood cemetery there.
Mr. Dunn, in failing health for the past several years, had been a patient for three at Hines. This followed long months of treatment in the Quad-City area.
Born January 21, 1884 at Fountain Green, Hancock county, he was a son of Joseph H. and Amanda (Silbert) Dunn. As a young man he was united in marriage with Miss Elsie Kimbrough, a sister of Mrs. Jabes Beebe of Webster, who, after the mother's death, provided a home for several years for Harry, one of the two sons born to the union. The other son, Harley, died on November 18, 1923.
The wife, Elsie, passed away a number of years ago, and Mr. Dunn was married at Galesburg in 1919 to Mrs. Della Palmer. Since that time with the exception of eight years spent at Moline, Galesburg has been the couple's home.
Mr. Dunn saw service in the first World War with the National Guard and had been quite active in veterans' work as long as his health permitted.
He is survived by his wife, Della Dunn, of Galesburg; a son, Harry Dunn, of Peoria; a step-son, Lloyd Palmer, of Galesburg; three brothers, Earn and Clint Dunn of LaHarpe and George Dunn of Dallas City; and a number of nieces and nephews. Three sisters, Lillie, Maggie and Sadie (Mrs. James Andrews) all preceded him in death.
