ANNE DUNN (DANILEVITCH/DANIEL)

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ANNE DUNN (DANILEVITCH/DANIEL) September 22, 1913 - August 29, 2012 Anne Dunn, eldest child of Catherine and Adam, outlived brothers, Emil and Walter. She attended school in Rivers, MB, completing her high school at United College, Winnipeg. Afterwards she received her teaching diploma but was unable to find employment during the Depression. Consequently, she enrolled in the RN program at St. Boniface Hospital, completing her training in 1935. She met her future husband, Jimmy Dunn, at a remote mine, Favourable Lake, in Northern Ontario, and they were married in Brandon, in 1943. The family enjoyed nine wonderful years of living in the Mediterranean and travelling in Europe, then returned to Canada in 1957, to reside in Elliott Lake until 1959. Back in Winnipeg, Anne returned to nursing and eventually joined the Provincial Department of Public Health. Anne ended her career as Nursing Director of Venereal Disease Control in 1978. Upon retirement, she continued to live in Winnipeg, travelling widely, often with her two brothers and their wives as hers was a closely-knit family. During this time she enjoyed the delightful companionship of Jim Millar, originally a neighbour on Spruce Street, in Winnipeg. In 1989 she moved to Vancouver where she had many close friends, some from nursing days and some from childhood. Shortly after moving to Vancouver, she met Alfred Knowles at Kitsilano Community Centre where they were both playing bridge. Their friendship deepened and they were extremely close, often travelling together and, on one occasion, taking a trip to Yemen, in 1994, when Anne was 80. Predeceased by her husband, 1966, and her two gentlemen friends, Anne is survived by her son Patrick, daughter-in-law, Corinne Durston, granddaughter Chloë Dunn, step-granddaughter Ayn Prince, of Los Angeles, together with step-great-grandsons, Pierre and Alexander; niece Sally Hubble, (nee Daniel), of Winnipeg, and nephew, David Daniel, of Dryden; cousins Mary Danilevitch, of Thunder Bay, and Bill Gray, of Hamiota, and Aunt Julia Kozak of Edmonton. A memorial service will be held at Trinity United, 1805 Larch St., Vancouver, on Sunday, October 14, at 2:30 p.m. She will be buried beside her husband, in Winnipeg, at Chapel Lawn. Memorial service there to be announced. A contribution to a charity of choice would be in keeping with Anne's own lifelong concern for the welfare of others.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Sep 22, 2012