Michael Dunn

Michael Dunn, age 57, of Norfolk, Nebraska, and formerly of Breda and Carroll died Thursday, February 5, 2009, at Birchwood Manor Nursing Home in North Bend, Nebraska. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M., Monday, February 9, 2009, at Holy Spirit Church in Carroll. The Celebrants will be Father Timothy Johnson and Father James Bruch. The casket will be taken to the church at 8:30 A.M. Monday to lie in state until the time of the funeral mass. Lectors will be nieces, Amy White, Kelley Crosbie, and Jessica Dunn. Gift Bearers will be nieces, Jenny Masching, Beth Tigges, Anne Hayward, and Mickayla Dunn. Mass Server will be Miriah Masching. Casket Bearers will be nephews, Grant Hayward, Jim Dunn, Don Dunn, Joe Dunn, Johnny Dunn, Daniel Dunn, and Charlie Wenck. Graveside Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Monday at St. Joseph Cemetery in Wall Lake, Iowa. Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 4:30 P.M. Sunday. A rosary will be prayed at 5 P.M. Sunday. There will be a Christian wake service at 7 P.M. Sunday by Holy Spirit Parish. Mr. Dunn was born on October 6, 1951, at Carroll, Iowa, the son of Joseph B. and Marguerite (Downey) Dunn. He spent his younger years in the Breda, Wall Lake, and Carroll communities and graduated from St. Bernard High School in Breda. He then received an Associates Degree from Iowa Central Community College in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. He served with the Audubon unit of the Iowa National Guard for six years. He was employed as an auto salesman in Omaha, Nebraska, and most recently was employed at the Ramada Inn in Norfolk until ill health forced his retirement. Survivors include his mother, Marguerite Dunn of Johnston and formerly of Carroll; sisters, Pat Kunz and her husband Steve of Ames, Mary Dunn-Hayward and her husband Jim of Urbandale, and Kathy Kubovich and her husband Mark of Johnston; brothers, Tom Dunn and his wife Joan of Sheldon, Dan Dunn of Breda, John Dunn and his wife Ruth of Omaha, Nebr., and Bill Dunn of Ankeny; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph B. Dunn; and by his grandparents, Leo and Mary Dunn and Leo and Agnes Downey.

Michael Dunn

October 6, 1951 - February 5, 2009