Joseph L. Dunn, Sr., 76, of Fairfield
Township, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, in the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., where he had been a patient for 1 day. He had
been in failing health for 7 months but his death was unexpected.
The husband of Dorothy Pierce Dunn, he was born in Bridgeton and was the son
of the late Howard Dunn, Jr. and Francis Wallace Dunn. He had been a
lifetime resident of Fairfield Township.
Retired since 1989, he had been employed with Martin Dye & Finishing Co. for
many years. Prior to that he had worked for the former Shoemaker Dairies and
Abbott’s Dairies.
He had been a Jehovah’s Witness for over 60 years and was a member of the
Centerton Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Joseph loved his family,
children and grandchildren.
Besides his wife, survivors include: two daughters, Mary Ellen Heggs,
Bridgeton and Mona Lisa Dunn, Fairfield Township; three sons, Littleton J.
Pierce, Jr., Newport News, Va., Joseph L. Dunn, Jr., Glassboro and Troy
Monroe Dunn, Fairfield Township; two brothers, Madison L. Dunn, Greensboro,
N. C. and Howard W. Dunn, Brooklyn, N. Y.; one sister, Mary Louise Moore,
Fairfield Township; four grandchildren, Eugene Vann, 5th., Demetrius Pierce,
Dominic J. Pierce and Myra Lynn Dunn and two great grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by a son, Daryl S. Dunn.
Memorial services will be held in the Kingdom Hall of the Centerton
Congregation, Jehovah’s Witnesses, 26 Husted Station Road, Upper Deerfield
Township, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 12:00 O’clock noon. There will be no
public viewing. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the PADGETT
FUNERAL HOME, Upper Deerfield Township. Written condolences may be sent to
the family at www.padgettfuneralhome.com.
