Mary Aldine Dunn

Mary Aldine (Engelhardt) Dunn

Naugatuck, CT Mary Aldine (Engelhardt) Dunn, 92, a former Naugatuck resident and the widow of Lawrence J. “Bud” Dunn, Sr., passed peacefully Saturday, December 19, 2015 with her loving family by her side.

Mrs. Dunn was born in Naugatuck, a daughter of the late George and Mary Ellen “Mae” (Fitzpatrick) Engelhardt and had lived in Naugatuck most of her life. Mrs. Dunn graduated from Barnard College and earned a Masters Degree from Southern Connecticut State College. She taught school at St. Francis School and at Central Avenue School before her retirement. Mrs. Dunn was a parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Church and for the past 8 years, while living in Southbury, she attended Sacred Heart Church.

Mrs. Dunn is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence J. Dunn, Jr., and Karen (Mirabelle) Dunn of Southington, a daughter-in-law, Cheryl Dunn of Watertown, her 6 grandchildren Rachel (Dunn) Ballard, Leslie (Dunn) Carlson, Lawrence J. Dunn, III, Robin (Dunn) Van Voorhies, Allison Dunn and Matthew Dunn, 11 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Dunn was predeceased by her son, Robert Dunn and her brothers, George Engelhardt and Frederick Engelhardt.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 28, 2015 at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 318 Church Street, in Naugatuck. Burial will follow in St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck. Relatives and friends may call on Monday from 8:30am to 9:30am at the Buckmiller Thurston Mengacci Funeral Home, 82 Fairview Avenue, Naugatuck, CT.