Richard Joseph Dunn

1894 - 1947  (52 years)

• Name	Richard Joseph Dunn
  Birth	16 Jun 1894	Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	204433843
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204433843
  _UID	6393A5421D7D469C88E5E943B007E051DA4E
  Death	2 Feb 1947	Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States
  	Richard Dunn was born at Ottawa, Illinois, on June 16, 1894, the son of Richard Dunn and Margaret O'Neill. He attended Notre Dame University and after receiving his degree there in 1918 worked as a trial attorney in Chicago for several years. He also served as an officer in the armed forces during World War I. In 1921 he took a position as an attorney for the Lumberman's Mutual Insurance Company in Chicago and in 1928 was transferred to the company's operations in Boston. It was during his tenure with that firm that he was married to Margaret Jennett, on September 16, 1922, in Streator, Illinois. While in Boston he was also a law professor at Boston College. In 1933, Margaret died in Boston, leaving Richard with six young children. He eventually returned to Chicago with his family and in 1941 was married a second time, to Clara Rydell Fellinger. He died at Evanston, Illinois, on February 2, 1947. Funeral services were conducted at St. Francis Xavier Church in Wilmette, Illinois, and at Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston. He was survived by his second wife, six sons and two daughters; also, two brothers and three sisters.
  Burial	Saint Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I50993	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Mary Jennett,   b. 5 Jul 1899, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States d. 18 Jan 1933, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	1922
  Family ID	F17478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Clara Rydell,   b. 13 Jul 1909, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States d. 31 Oct 1963, Cook County, Illinois, United States (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1941
  Children	1. Rydell James "Rydie" Dunn,   b. 27 Sep 1943, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States d. 21 Apr 2003 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F17477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 16 Jun 1894 - Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States Death - 2 Feb 1947 - Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth