Lucy Dunn was born March 8, 1906, in Montpelier, the daughter of Katie Ryan and Daniel J. Hurley. She was married to Ralph H. Dunn of Jerome on June 19, 1947, at St. Joseph's Church in Pocatello. They have made their home in Jerome for the past 48 years.
Lucy attended schools in Montpelier and graduated from high school at St. Mary's of the Wasatch Academy in Salt Lake City. She attended Idaho State University before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1929 with a degree in home economics. She used her degree to teach thousands of young women the art of homemaking. She taught in Glenns Ferry, Wagon Mound, N.M., Pocatello, and from 1947 to 1970, at Jerome High School.
She was a life member of the Phi Upsilon Omicron Home Economics Society. An accomplished violinist, she performed with both the Pocatello Symphony and the University of Idaho Orchestra. Lucy was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, St. Benedict's Hospital Auxiliary, Jerome Civic Club, The Catholic Women's League and St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
She is survived by her husband Ralph of Jerome, her brother Ed Hurley of Walla Walla, Wash.; her sister, Cecilia Weed of Mission San Jose, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews.
A vigil service will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome. The funeral Mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Jerome's Catholic Church with the Rev. Father James F. Shinnick officiating. Burial will follow at the Jerome Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until the time of the vigil service today at the funeral chapel.
(Times News - August 2, 1995)
Lucy Dunn was born March 8, 1906, in Montpelier, the daughter of Katie Ryan and Daniel J. Hurley. She was married to Ralph H. Dunn of Jerome on June 19, 1947, at St. Joseph's Church in Pocatello. They have made their home in Jerome for the past 48 years.
Lucy attended schools in Montpelier and graduated from high school at St. Mary's of the Wasatch Academy in Salt Lake City. She attended Idaho State University before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1929 with a degree in home economics. She used her degree to teach thousands of young women the art of homemaking. She taught in Glenns Ferry, Wagon Mound, N.M., Pocatello, and from 1947 to 1970, at Jerome High School.
She was a life member of the Phi Upsilon Omicron Home Economics Society. An accomplished violinist, she performed with both the Pocatello Symphony and the University of Idaho Orchestra. Lucy was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, St. Benedict's Hospital Auxiliary, Jerome Civic Club, The Catholic Women's League and St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
She is survived by her husband Ralph of Jerome, her brother Ed Hurley of Walla Walla, Wash.; her sister, Cecilia Weed of Mission San Jose, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews.
A vigil service will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the Hove-Robertson Funeral Chapel in Jerome. The funeral Mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Jerome's Catholic Church with the Rev. Father James F. Shinnick officiating. Burial will follow at the Jerome Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until the time of the vigil service today at the funeral chapel.
(Times News - August 2, 1995)
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