Jane D. Dunn's Obituary
Marjorie "Jane" (nee Dallas) Dunn of Olmsted Township passed away peacefully at 7:15 a.m. Friday December 8th, 2023, at the Renaissance Retirement Campus at 91 years of age.
Jane was born November 7th, 1932, in Berea, Ohio, to Mildred (nee Eckert) and George Dallas at the height of the Great Depression. She graduated from Berea Sr. High School in 1950. Following graduation Jane matriculated to Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology … at a time when only 1.2% of women nationally were enrolled in schools of higher education and only 0.2% earned a degree in science.
Following graduation in 1954 Jane moved back to Berea, Ohio, and took a job as a medical technologist at University Hospitals where she met the absolute love of her life, Richard L. Dunn. Dick was a resident physician at University Hospital, and they were married June 7th, 1958. They remained soulmates for 63 years interrupted only by Dick’s passing in 2021.
Jane’s interests were diverse and voluminous. She and Dick were avid travelers having visited every continent but one. They were both very active in the United Church of Christ, Berea, OH. She was very active in the Greater Cleveland Cancer Society and was once elected Volunteer of the Year. Jane was fluid in French, having lived in France for 3 years while Dick was stationed there as a Captain in the U.S. Army. She was a skier, a sailor, a scuba diver, a lover of dogs and a voracious reader. She worked as a phlebotomist at a local blood bank and was active in the Berea Historical Society. But above all else Jane was a wonderful, caring mother of 3 children, 7 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Jane is survived by her son Rick (Lisa) Dunn, daughter Kathy Dunn and daughter Jennifer and her husband Gary Tullis and grandchildren Patrick, Timothy and James Dunn, Eric and Andrew Copenhaver as well as Bryan and Mathew Bocian. She is also survived by great-grandchildren Alex Bocian, Miles Copenhaver, Arabelle Dunn and Izzak Dana.
There are two words that would epitomize Jane Dunn’s time on earth: caring and kind. She always had a kind word for nearly everyone that she came in contact with and was a deeply caring mother and grandmother. She will be sorely missed!
Services for Jane D. Dunn will be Saturday, December 16th, 2023, at Sunset Memorial Chapel, 6245 Columbia Road, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070. Friends will be received at 10:00 a.m. A Christian service and internment will follow at 11:00 a.m. officiated by Pastor Jim Stauffer of the Trinity Evangelical Church of Upper Sandusky. In lieu of flowers the family would request that donations be directed to the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org or PO Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741. Please include Jane’s name with your donation.
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