Thomas Dunning Sr.

Thomas H. Dunning Sr., 84, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 15, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center.

He was born June 29, 1918, in Francisco, Ind., son of David and Ruth McEllhiney Dunning. He married Beatrice Colvin Dunning.

He retired from Chrysler Corp., where he worked for more than 30 years. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, Prince Masonic Lodge 231 and a charter lifetime member of VFW Post 1147 in Princeton, Ind.

He was a Marine Corps veteran during World War II and an Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict.

Survivors include his wife of Cape Girardeau; two sons, Eric Dunning of Cape Girardeau, Dr. Thomas Dunning Jr. of Knoxville, Tenn.; two sisters, Elsie McDowell of Oakland City, Ind., Virginia Ott of Princeton; two brothers, Leslie Dunning of Kettering, Ohio, Carl Dunning of Princeton; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Colvin Funeral Home in Princeton, with a masonic service at 7 p.m. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Military graveside rites will follow at Fairview Cemetery near Princeton.