Grace E. Dunn, 98, of Seneca, KS, died Thursday evening, January 9, 2003, at Country View Estates Care Home in Seneca. She had been a resident at the care home since May 1994.

She was born August 7, 1904, at Harrisonville, MO, the daughter of Gustav and Augusta Massel Kottwitz. She moved with her family to Peabody, KS, and graduated from Peabody High School in 1923. She graduated from Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan, KS, with a bachelors degree in Home Economics in 1933. She taught school in Wyoming and Marion County, KS. She had lived in Seneca since 1948.

She married Clarence Dunn in 1936. He died in 1991.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and the Seneca Garden Club, all in Seneca.

Survivors are three sons, Wayne Dunn of Grapevine, TX, Donnell Dunn of Fargo, ND, Howard Dunn of Richardson, TX; a daughter, Joyce Barrett of Colorado Springs, CO; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be 2 PM Sunday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in the Seneca City Cemetery. The visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 PM Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be given for the Seneca Free Library, Seneca, KS 66538.