Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA) - July 29, 2008
Deceased Name: Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84 Longtime Cape resident and loving husband
HARWICH PORT
Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84, born in Hartford, Conn., and a resident of Harwich Port for the past 28 years, died peacefully in his sleep on July 25, 2008.
Dick met his wife of 59 years, Jean Alice O'Leary Dunne, at the old Belmont Hotel in West Harwich when Jean was 14 and their families were vacationing. He often said that meeting her was the best thing that ever happened to him. While Hartford was where he grew up as a child, had deep family roots, and where he in turn raised his own family and engaged in a successful business career, Cape Cod was the place to which he always came back and where he and Jean ultimately retired.
Dick graduated from Kingwood School in West Hartford, Conn., in 1942 and from Harvard College in 1947 (Class of 1946), where he was a member of the Spee Club and Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. As did many members of his class, Dick left to join the war effort after his freshman year, and served as lieutenant in the Navy. After his service, he returned to complete school and graduate with his class.
He worked in the insurance brokerage business after Harvard and retired as executive vice president of Alexander & Alexander, a multinational insurance brokerage firm, later merged into Marsh Inc. At Alexander & Alexander he was a member of the president's council and Summit Club, and national practice leader for the health care industry and a specialist in banking and finance. He was active over many years in many civic and industry organizations both in Hartford and Harwich Port, including among others the St. Francis Hospital Association, where he served as president and director, and where his father, Richard E. Dunne M.D., had been chief of surgery. He was also a director at the Connecticut Hospital Association, Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, Visiting Nurse Association of Hartford, 1000 Corporation, Capital Area Health Consortium, and a member at various time of the insurance committee, planning board, and board of appeals for the town of Harwich. He was a member for many years of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, Oyster Harbors Club and the Harvard Club of Cape Cod.
Dick was the oldest of six children of Dorothy Burns Dunne and Richard E. Dunne M.D. He was predeceased by his siblings, Virginia Finley, Harriet Hutchinson, Stephen Dunne, and John Gregory Dunne. He is survived by a brother, Dominick Dunne; a brother-in-law, Frank Finley; and sisters-in-law, Laure Dunne and Joan Didion.
Dick is survived by his wife, Jean, and by his children, Tony of Orleans, Pam of Harwich and Mark of Cohasset. His eldest son, Richard E. Dunne III of Baltimore, Md., died in 1998. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews; grandchildren Anna, Phoebe, Adrian and Isabelle Dunne; and grandchildren Grace and Miles Boyle.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
Deceased Name: Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84 Longtime Cape resident and loving husband
HARWICH PORT
Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84, born in Hartford, Conn., and a resident of Harwich Port for the past 28 years, died peacefully in his sleep on July 25, 2008.
Dick met his wife of 59 years, Jean Alice O'Leary Dunne, at the old Belmont Hotel in West Harwich when Jean was 14 and their families were vacationing. He often said that meeting her was the best thing that ever happened to him. While Hartford was where he grew up as a child, had deep family roots, and where he in turn raised his own family and engaged in a successful business career, Cape Cod was the place to which he always came back and where he and Jean ultimately retired.
Dick graduated from Kingwood School in West Hartford, Conn., in 1942 and from Harvard College in 1947 (Class of 1946), where he was a member of the Spee Club and Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. As did many members of his class, Dick left to join the war effort after his freshman year, and served as lieutenant in the Navy. After his service, he returned to complete school and graduate with his class.
He worked in the insurance brokerage business after Harvard and retired as executive vice president of Alexander & Alexander, a multinational insurance brokerage firm, later merged into Marsh Inc. At Alexander & Alexander he was a member of the president's council and Summit Club, and national practice leader for the health care industry and a specialist in banking and finance. He was active over many years in many civic and industry organizations both in Hartford and Harwich Port, including among others the St. Francis Hospital Association, where he served as president and director, and where his father, Richard E. Dunne M.D., had been chief of surgery. He was also a director at the Connecticut Hospital Association, Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, Visiting Nurse Association of Hartford, 1000 Corporation, Capital Area Health Consortium, and a member at various time of the insurance committee, planning board, and board of appeals for the town of Harwich. He was a member for many years of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, Oyster Harbors Club and the Harvard Club of Cape Cod.
Dick was the oldest of six children of Dorothy Burns Dunne and Richard E. Dunne M.D. He was predeceased by his siblings, Virginia Finley, Harriet Hutchinson, Stephen Dunne, and John Gregory Dunne. He is survived by a brother, Dominick Dunne; a brother-in-law, Frank Finley; and sisters-in-law, Laure Dunne and Joan Didion.
Dick is survived by his wife, Jean, and by his children, Tony of Orleans, Pam of Harwich and Mark of Cohasset. His eldest son, Richard E. Dunne III of Baltimore, Md., died in 1998. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews; grandchildren Anna, Phoebe, Adrian and Isabelle Dunne; and grandchildren Grace and Miles Boyle.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA) - July 29, 2008
Deceased Name: Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84 Longtime Cape resident and loving husband
HARWICH PORT
Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84, born in Hartford, Conn., and a resident of Harwich Port for the past 28 years, died peacefully in his sleep on July 25, 2008.
Dick met his wife of 59 years, Jean Alice O'Leary Dunne, at the old Belmont Hotel in West Harwich when Jean was 14 and their families were vacationing. He often said that meeting her was the best thing that ever happened to him. While Hartford was where he grew up as a child, had deep family roots, and where he in turn raised his own family and engaged in a successful business career, Cape Cod was the place to which he always came back and where he and Jean ultimately retired.
Dick graduated from Kingwood School in West Hartford, Conn., in 1942 and from Harvard College in 1947 (Class of 1946), where he was a member of the Spee Club and Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. As did many members of his class, Dick left to join the war effort after his freshman year, and served as lieutenant in the Navy. After his service, he returned to complete school and graduate with his class.
He worked in the insurance brokerage business after Harvard and retired as executive vice president of Alexander & Alexander, a multinational insurance brokerage firm, later merged into Marsh Inc. At Alexander & Alexander he was a member of the president's council and Summit Club, and national practice leader for the health care industry and a specialist in banking and finance. He was active over many years in many civic and industry organizations both in Hartford and Harwich Port, including among others the St. Francis Hospital Association, where he served as president and director, and where his father, Richard E. Dunne M.D., had been chief of surgery. He was also a director at the Connecticut Hospital Association, Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, Visiting Nurse Association of Hartford, 1000 Corporation, Capital Area Health Consortium, and a member at various time of the insurance committee, planning board, and board of appeals for the town of Harwich. He was a member for many years of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, Oyster Harbors Club and the Harvard Club of Cape Cod.
Dick was the oldest of six children of Dorothy Burns Dunne and Richard E. Dunne M.D. He was predeceased by his siblings, Virginia Finley, Harriet Hutchinson, Stephen Dunne, and John Gregory Dunne. He is survived by a brother, Dominick Dunne; a brother-in-law, Frank Finley; and sisters-in-law, Laure Dunne and Joan Didion.
Dick is survived by his wife, Jean, and by his children, Tony of Orleans, Pam of Harwich and Mark of Cohasset. His eldest son, Richard E. Dunne III of Baltimore, Md., died in 1998. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews; grandchildren Anna, Phoebe, Adrian and Isabelle Dunne; and grandchildren Grace and Miles Boyle.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
Deceased Name: Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84 Longtime Cape resident and loving husband
HARWICH PORT
Richard E. Dunne Jr., 84, born in Hartford, Conn., and a resident of Harwich Port for the past 28 years, died peacefully in his sleep on July 25, 2008.
Dick met his wife of 59 years, Jean Alice O'Leary Dunne, at the old Belmont Hotel in West Harwich when Jean was 14 and their families were vacationing. He often said that meeting her was the best thing that ever happened to him. While Hartford was where he grew up as a child, had deep family roots, and where he in turn raised his own family and engaged in a successful business career, Cape Cod was the place to which he always came back and where he and Jean ultimately retired.
Dick graduated from Kingwood School in West Hartford, Conn., in 1942 and from Harvard College in 1947 (Class of 1946), where he was a member of the Spee Club and Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. As did many members of his class, Dick left to join the war effort after his freshman year, and served as lieutenant in the Navy. After his service, he returned to complete school and graduate with his class.
He worked in the insurance brokerage business after Harvard and retired as executive vice president of Alexander & Alexander, a multinational insurance brokerage firm, later merged into Marsh Inc. At Alexander & Alexander he was a member of the president's council and Summit Club, and national practice leader for the health care industry and a specialist in banking and finance. He was active over many years in many civic and industry organizations both in Hartford and Harwich Port, including among others the St. Francis Hospital Association, where he served as president and director, and where his father, Richard E. Dunne M.D., had been chief of surgery. He was also a director at the Connecticut Hospital Association, Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, Visiting Nurse Association of Hartford, 1000 Corporation, Capital Area Health Consortium, and a member at various time of the insurance committee, planning board, and board of appeals for the town of Harwich. He was a member for many years of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, Oyster Harbors Club and the Harvard Club of Cape Cod.
Dick was the oldest of six children of Dorothy Burns Dunne and Richard E. Dunne M.D. He was predeceased by his siblings, Virginia Finley, Harriet Hutchinson, Stephen Dunne, and John Gregory Dunne. He is survived by a brother, Dominick Dunne; a brother-in-law, Frank Finley; and sisters-in-law, Laure Dunne and Joan Didion.
Dick is survived by his wife, Jean, and by his children, Tony of Orleans, Pam of Harwich and Mark of Cohasset. His eldest son, Richard E. Dunne III of Baltimore, Md., died in 1998. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews; grandchildren Anna, Phoebe, Adrian and Isabelle Dunne; and grandchildren Grace and Miles Boyle.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
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