Frank Edmond DUNN
Obituary
Rev. Frank E. Dunn, area church founder: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Union-News (Springfield, MA) - January 26, 1994
Deceased Name: Rev. Frank E. Dunn, area church founder
The Rev. Frank E. Dunn, 92, of 1266 Enfield St., Enfield, and formerly of Feeding Hills, the founder of Valley Community Church in Feeding Hills, died on Thursday in a Holyoke nursing home.
He established the church in 1968, and retired in 1981.
His first calling was in Hampstead, N.H., followed by Andover. He came to the Springfield area in 1946, and headed the Springfield Area Council of Churches.
He was pastor of the Feeding Hills Congregational Church from 1947 until 1961.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, he was graduated from Mount Hermon School in Northfield in 1927. He also was graduated from Boston University and the Harvard Divinity School in 1934.
He was secretary of the alumni at Mount Hermon School in 1935-1942, and received their Lamplighter Award.
He founded the American Institute of Religion, an educational and informational organization for clergy and laity.
He was a town meeting member for Agawam, and in 1955 chaired the Centennial Committee.
His wife, Winifred E. Connolly, died in 1968.
Pastor Dunn leaves three daughters, Judith Dunn of West Springfield, Bettyanne Cesan of North Truro, and Carolyn Mahalski of Enfield; a brother, Clifford J. of Bowling Green, Ohio, and nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted on Sunday afternoon at the Valley Community Church, and burial - at the family's convenience - will be at Hillcrest Park Cemetery in Springfield.
There are no calling hours, and Agawam Curran-Jones Funeral Home is in charge. Memorial contributions may be made to the Valley Community Church, 152 South Westfield St., Feeding Hills, 01030.
Union News
Springfield, Massachusetts
January 26, 1994
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