Dunn, Elizabeth "Liz" (Suiter) - 1927-2009

DUNN, SUITER, CAMERON, ROST, MCGUIRE, SQUIRES, MEIER, PRICE, LAUTZENHEISER

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 1/6/2015 at 18:42:42

SOURCE: GARDEN VIEW FUNERAL HOME, MUNCIE, INDIANA, OBITUARY
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Elizabeth "Liz" Dunn, age 82, passed away Friday morning, August 28, 2009, in the Renaissance Rehabilitation Center of Muncie following a long illness. Services will be held at 4:00 Monday, August 31, 2009 at The Meeks Mortuary and Crematory, Washington Street Chapel. Private entombment will be held in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, 10703 North State Road 3, Muncie, Indiana. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Meeks Mortuary and Crematory or one hour prior to services on Monday.

Liz was born March 25, 1927 in Ida Grove, Iowa to William and Ada (Cameron) Suiter. She attended school there, attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and she graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa in 1949. She met her husband, Earl Dunn, in Dennison, Iowa where he was Director of Bands at the high school and she was director of Choral Activities. They were married on July 31, 1950* in Ida Grove, Iowa.

When her husband was working with the Russell-Goodwin Music Company in Waterloo, Iowa, she taught vocal music and high school English. They moved to Muncie, Indiana in 1957 where she taught at Franklin Junior High School. During Mr. Dunn's tenure at the University of Alabama she taught in the public schools in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Returning to Muncie in 1972, she became chairman of the English Department at Yorktown High School and coached the high school girls' golf team. The team tied for the state championship in 1975 and won in 1976. She received the Award of Merit from the Indiana Coaches for Girls Sports Organization for winning the state championship.

The Dunns became actively involved in the sport of pure breed dogs. In 1965 they started showing Bullmastiffs throughout the United States, Bermuda, and Canada. They are the only owner/handlers to have received the American Kennel Club's All Breed Best in Show Award on four different dogs, including the first in the history of the breed in the United States. They hold memberships in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Kennel Club; the Muncie, Indiana Kennel Club; the America Bullmastiff Association; and the Midwest Bullmastiff Fanciers. They also served on the Board of Trustees for the Morris Animal Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing a healthier tomorrow for all animals.

She was also a member of the Ball State Chapter of the music sorority, Sigma Alpha Iota.
Mrs. Dunn served as editor of the America Bullmastiff Association Bulletin for many years. She was a long time secretary for the Midwest Fanciers and was secretary of and show chairman for the Muncie Kennel Club for many years.

Liz and Earl both retired in 1985. They spent 17 winters in Florida, pursuing their love of golf and actively campaigning their favorite breed of dog, the Bullmastiff throughout the United States.

Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Earl; one sister, Janet (Robert) Rost of Indianapolis, Indiana; two nieces, Lisa (Cameron) McGuire of Indianapolis, Indiana and Glenna (Mike) Squires of Ashland, Oregon; great-nieces Margaret Meier of Florida and Audrey McGuire of Indianapolis; great-nephew Sammy Squires of Oregon and very special friends, Andrea Price and Tim Lautzenheiser.

*NOTE: This contributor transcribed the obituary of her husband, Francis Earl Dunn, which also appears on the Clayton County obituary section for IaGenWeb. However, his obituary listed their marriage date as June 30, 1960 which is in error. This obituary stated that they were married for 59 years and when that number is subtracted from the year of her death, 2009, the year is 1950.