Lawrence Dunn

Lawrence J. “Bud” Dunn, Sr.

Naugatuck, CT Lawrence J. “Bud” Dunn, Sr., 90, a lifelong Naugatuck resident and the husband of Mary Aldine (Engelhardt) Dunn, passed peacefully Saturday, July 26, 2014 with his loving family by his side.

Mr. Dunn was born in Naugatuck, a son of the late Lawrence and Grace (Thurston) Dunn. He graduated from Naugatuck High School, Class of 1942, where he played basketball on a team that won both the 1942 State and New England championships. A World War II U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, Mr. Dunn was a crew member on a B-17 bomber that was shot down during battle. He was captured and spent 14 months in a prison camp in Germany as a Prisoner of War. Bud returned from the service to marry the love of his life, and he and Aldine spent 65 happy years together, especially enjoying spending time with family, traveling and golfing. Mr. Dunn retired from the United States Postal Service, where he had worked for over 30 years. He was a communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Church.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Dunn is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence J. Dunn, Jr., and Karen (Mirabelle) Dunn of Southington, a daughter-in-law, Cheryl Dunn of Watertown, 2 sisters, Rosemary (Dunn) Healy of Naugatuck and Sister Grace Marie Dunn of Niagara Falls, NY, 6 grandchildren Rachel (Dunn) Ballard, Leslie (Dunn) Carlson, Lawrence J. Dunn, III, Robin Dunn, Allison Dunn and Matthew Dunn, 10 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Dunn was predeceased by his son Robert Dunn, a brother William T. Dunn, Sr., and 2 sisters Genevieve (Dunn) O’Dea and Patricia (Dunn) Gaspar.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 12:00 noon at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 318 Church Street, in Naugatuck. Burial with military honors will follow in St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck. Relatives and friends may call Tuesday from 10:30am to 11:30am at the Buckmiller Thurston Mengacci Funeral Home, 82 Fairview Avenue, Naugatuck CT.