MARY JANE IRENE (JEAN) GUNN

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MARY JANE IRENE (JEAN) GUNN Jean Gunn of Emerson, MB, 101 years of age, passed away at the Emerson Personal Care Home in Emerson, on October 9, 2004. Only daughter of the late George and Anne Gunn. Predeceased by her brother Hugh, in 1948. Descended from two pioneer families, the Gunns of Greenridge and McBeans of Ridgeville. Miss Gunn became a teacher in 1922. In the depression, she worked for a business firm in Winnipeg. Later, she served in the Department of Grade and Commerce in Ottawa. After the war, she returned to her profession and taught in rural Manitoba, suburban Winnipeg, and the north. Her last appointment was at Lyleton, MB, where she retired in 1970. She spent her retirement years between Winnipeg and Emerson. She entered the Emerson Personal Care Home in 1994, residing there until her death. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 15, at St. Andrews United Church, Emerson. A special thank you to the staff of the personal care home for their loving care of Jean over the years. Interment will take place in the Emerson Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To LOEWEN FUNERAL CHAPEL 5 Chrysler Gate Steinbach, MB (204) 326-1351

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 13, 2004