Robert Francis Dunn Sr. husband of 58 years to Margaret Julia (Boyd), father to 6 children; Robert Francis Jr., Lawrence Edward, Carolyn Susan, Roxanne Louise, Victoria Kay, and Yvonne Michelle, son of Thomas Lawrence and Mabel Pearl (Johnson) Dunn, brother to James Edward, John Thomas, and Patricia Mary, step brother to Charles Eberts, Lilian Constance Johnson and Ethel Snyder. He attended St. Bernard's Catholic School, then Washington High School until the outbreak of the Second World War at which time he volunteered to enter the war and U.S. Navy at the age of 17. He served with the Navy aboard the USS Hoggatt Bay CVE 75 as a Machinist Mate (MM3) in the Pacific conflict.
After leaving the U.S. Navy he returned to St. Paul, MN where he met and married Margaret Julia (Boyd.) He worked a series of jobs/occupations the most significant being an aircraft assembly line/assembler (McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA.), bus driver with Twin Cities Rapid Transit (TCRT) in St. Paul, MN., US Postal worker St. Paul Post Office, and then a security guard with San Diego Gas & Electric Co. from where at age 65 he retired. Once retired he then got involved with former WWII reunions through the Escort Carrier Sailors and Airmen Association (ECSAA). He passed away peacefully after 4 year residence at Chase Care Center El Cajon, CA. at 83 years of age. Two daughters; Victoria Kay and Roxanne Louise, eldest son and two room mates were at his bedside at the time of his death of complications from Parkinson's disease on Saturday 5:05 PM July 24,2010 at the Chase Care Center, 1201 Orange Ave. So. Rm 219B in El Cajon, CA.
After leaving the U.S. Navy he returned to St. Paul, MN where he met and married Margaret Julia (Boyd.) He worked a series of jobs/occupations the most significant being an aircraft assembly line/assembler (McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA.), bus driver with Twin Cities Rapid Transit (TCRT) in St. Paul, MN., US Postal worker St. Paul Post Office, and then a security guard with San Diego Gas & Electric Co. from where at age 65 he retired. Once retired he then got involved with former WWII reunions through the Escort Carrier Sailors and Airmen Association (ECSAA). He passed away peacefully after 4 year residence at Chase Care Center El Cajon, CA. at 83 years of age. Two daughters; Victoria Kay and Roxanne Louise, eldest son and two room mates were at his bedside at the time of his death of complications from Parkinson's disease on Saturday 5:05 PM July 24,2010 at the Chase Care Center, 1201 Orange Ave. So. Rm 219B in El Cajon, CA.
Robert Francis Dunn Sr. husband of 58 years to Margaret Julia (Boyd), father to 6 children; Robert Francis Jr., Lawrence Edward, Carolyn Susan, Roxanne Louise, Victoria Kay, and Yvonne Michelle, son of Thomas Lawrence and Mabel Pearl (Johnson) Dunn, brother to James Edward, John Thomas, and Patricia Mary, step brother to Charles Eberts, Lilian Constance Johnson and Ethel Snyder. He attended St. Bernard's Catholic School, then Washington High School until the outbreak of the Second World War at which time he volunteered to enter the war and U.S. Navy at the age of 17. He served with the Navy aboard the USS Hoggatt Bay CVE 75 as a Machinist Mate (MM3) in the Pacific conflict.
After leaving the U.S. Navy he returned to St. Paul, MN where he met and married Margaret Julia (Boyd.) He worked a series of jobs/occupations the most significant being an aircraft assembly line/assembler (McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA.), bus driver with Twin Cities Rapid Transit (TCRT) in St. Paul, MN., US Postal worker St. Paul Post Office, and then a security guard with San Diego Gas & Electric Co. from where at age 65 he retired. Once retired he then got involved with former WWII reunions through the Escort Carrier Sailors and Airmen Association (ECSAA). He passed away peacefully after 4 year residence at Chase Care Center El Cajon, CA. at 83 years of age. Two daughters; Victoria Kay and Roxanne Louise, eldest son and two room mates were at his bedside at the time of his death of complications from Parkinson's disease on Saturday 5:05 PM July 24,2010 at the Chase Care Center, 1201 Orange Ave. So. Rm 219B in El Cajon, CA.
After leaving the U.S. Navy he returned to St. Paul, MN where he met and married Margaret Julia (Boyd.) He worked a series of jobs/occupations the most significant being an aircraft assembly line/assembler (McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA.), bus driver with Twin Cities Rapid Transit (TCRT) in St. Paul, MN., US Postal worker St. Paul Post Office, and then a security guard with San Diego Gas & Electric Co. from where at age 65 he retired. Once retired he then got involved with former WWII reunions through the Escort Carrier Sailors and Airmen Association (ECSAA). He passed away peacefully after 4 year residence at Chase Care Center El Cajon, CA. at 83 years of age. Two daughters; Victoria Kay and Roxanne Louise, eldest son and two room mates were at his bedside at the time of his death of complications from Parkinson's disease on Saturday 5:05 PM July 24,2010 at the Chase Care Center, 1201 Orange Ave. So. Rm 219B in El Cajon, CA.
Inscription
Robert F. Dunn Sr.
MM3
US Navy
World War II
Sept 1, 1926
July 24, 2010
Beloved Husband Father Grandpa
