The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-20
NC ELROY CITIZEN
DIES SUDDENLY
SEYMOUR H u; Dunn Stricken With
ne'art Failure Last Sunday Morn.
ing Following Short Drive

OHOrL OrlYe.
). ID. Dunn, depot agent Of MoE1
ioy' uIeo very suddenly Sunday morn
ing ABOUT 1890. He had been sicl
since May third, but had been tend
ing 70 MS work in the office. Sunda,
morning he was feeling as well q.
usual and he and Mrs. Dunn tool, .
snort TRIP with the car. After Return
ing nome, MIR. Dunn was seized ,y;tl
d severe palpitation of the heart am
died IN a very short time before b ,s.Ir
coulu De summoned. An attempt r.
get The Westby doctor failed az he
was out of town. Later a phone cali
brought Martin Nelson, coroner. from
FIentyWood. Messages sent east r.
relatives had to be carried nv anto
through the Ambrose country as tbe
wires were still down from tbe Of
1ects OF the snow storm a week earl
er. . "00A CARL
MONDAY, after funeral service.
the BODY was taken to Carrington NJ
~ Tor burial A son, James. of Nc
GIuSky, N. d., and son-in-law Y
j. Munt, of Kensal, N. D.. and q
iflend, Paul Cachene, from CARING
ton, N. D., arrived Monday mornin o,
TO take In the services and accomna7
ny Mrs. Dunn on her trip east with
the remains. Mrs. ]. G. Noon of
McElroy and Mrs. Schilling of Com
SST also travelled with Mrs. Dunn
Inc deceased being a Mason. some
OF The Masons of Westby, P. G. An
uefson, Luther Hultgren, and. others
were present and assisted. Rev. Dor
dahl OF Westby preached the funeral
sermon which was rather brief for
lack OF time. The attendance was
large IN spite of the short time for
passing around word of the time set
for the funeral.
Seymour Dudley Dunn was born at
West Analogy, New York, August "a
1864. When sixteen years old he
came to Sank Rapids, Mimi. where
ne learned his trade of telegram on
orator. He worked with the Northern
Pacific at Mandan, N. D.. when that
was the end of the line. In 1880 he
became operator at Albert Lea. Mimi
working at the same table as Sears
VINO later became member of the
Sears d Roebuck firm. He next went
TO Minneapolis then to New Richland
MINI. Here in 1883 he was married
to Adele Hoover. He continued
working for the N. P. till 1905. mari
OF the time at Darlington and other
North Dakota points. He then left
the N. T. and worked for the 500 at
Darlington first as an operator then
as a travelling freight agent. He then
tiarmed for number of years think
ing to improve his health. After this
he again worked at Darlington This
time as a relief agent on the 500. till
he became agent at McElroy in 1924.
which position he held to the time of
his death.
Mr.. Dunn was a courteous gentle
manly man. The community fees
genuine sorrow in losing not only a
thoroughly efficient conscientious
depot agent, but a kindly personal
friend as well. The sympathy of all
goes out to the bereaved family for
the loss of kind, thoughtful hus-
band and father.
Besides his widow there are left
to mourn his loss one daughter, Mrs.
Y. j. Munt at Kensal, N. D., two sons,
Harry at Arlington, Washington, and
James at McClusky, N. D., one broth
er Frank at Fenstrike, Mimi, and
two sisters, Miss Cora Dunn and Mrs.
Orville FoOte at Utica, N. Y.
The funeral services at Darlington
are in charge Of the Masons of that
place.
Among the beautiful floral offer
ngs was a wreath from the Progress
sive Farmers Council of McElroy.