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John A. Dunn Jr. was a private citizen of Beavercreek, Ohio, who died on September 17, 2026, at the age of 87. He is not the English poet more commonly spelled John Donne, the Cambridge political theorist John Dunn, the nineteenth-century Zulu chief John Robert Dunn, the Australian bushranger, or…
John A. Dunn Jr. was a private citizen of Beavercreek, Ohio, who died on September 17, 2026, at the age of 87. He is not the English poet more commonly spelled John Donne, the Cambridge political theorist John Dunn, the nineteenth-century Zulu chief John Robert Dunn, the Australian bushranger, or any of the many other notable men who have shared this very common name. This memorial exists because his death and funeral arrangements were published through EchoVita and Dayton-area family notices matching the date people are searching for, and because the name John Dunn is one of the most frequently repeated names in English-speaking history.
He was born on July 10, 1939, in Corinne, a small community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, to John A. Dunn Sr. and Nora Louvada Lewis Dunn. He later settled in the Dayton, Ohio, area and made his home in Beavercreek. Beyond the family obituary, detailed public records of his working life are not available, so this page does not invent a career, public office, or professional title he did not claim. What is clear from the published notice is a long life rooted in family ties that stretched from the West Virginia hills of his childhood to the Dayton suburbs where he spent his later years.
Dunn's wife, Betty, died before him. He was also preceded in death by his parents and by siblings Opal, Okie, Geraldine, Betty, and Billy. He is survived by daughters Nora Shockey (Tim) and Sheri Oldham (Joe); grandchildren Trevor Shockey (Megan), Trent Oldham (Anastasia), David Shockey, and Sarah Oldham; great-grandchildren Quinn and Holland Shockey; and siblings Patsene, Catherine, and Phil. The list of survivors and those who went before him is the fullest public picture of his life that his family chose to share.
John A. Dunn Jr. died on September 17, 2026, in the Dayton, Ohio, area at age 87. No cause of death was made public. Visitation was scheduled for Friday, September 25, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Tobias Funeral Home Beavercreek Chapel, 3970 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, Ohio 45432, with a funeral service at 1:00 p.m. the same day at that chapel. Friends and relatives were invited to gather there to remember a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather whose life was private rather than public.
Readers arriving here while searching for other people named John Dunn, including the English poet, the Cambridge academic, John Robert Dunn of Zululand, and numerous sportsmen, lawyers and officials who share the name, should note that those individuals are, as far as verified records show, unrelated to the Beavercreek resident who died on September 17, 2026. Separate biographical treatment would be needed for each of them. This page will be updated if further verified information about John A. Dunn Jr. becomes available.
Biography adapted from EchoVita obituary for John A Dunn Jr. (Dayton, Ohio); family funeral notice listing Tobias Funeral Home Beavercreek Chapel.
