LEWISTON — Willard B. Dunn (Will or Bill), 71, of Otisfield, passed away peacefully with most of his family in attendance, on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Central Maine Medical Center.
He was born in Lewiston, April 21, 1940, to Elwood M. Dunn Sr. and Ethel Hutchins Dunn. He worked as a machinist and tool and die maker in the Bristol, Conn., area, before moving his family back to the Oxford Hills area of Maine to continue his trade. In his younger years, Mr. Dunn enjoyed being in the woods, hunting, fishing, camping, photography, painting, gardening and family time.
Mr. Dunn is survived by two daughters, Terri Dunn of the home in Buckfield and Sherri and her husband, Tom Reaves, of Greeneville, Tenn.; one son, William (Bill) and his wife, Dawn Knox Dunn, of South Paris; his grandchildren and great-grandchildren include, Kayla Little-McFarland serving in the U.S. Army in El Paso, Texas, Jacob Little of Greeneville, Tenn., Tyler and Amanda Reaves of Greeneville, Tenn., Nancy Reaves Gossioux and her husband, Brian, who is serving in the U.S. Army in Georgia, and their two daughters, Mallory and MaKenzie, Kyle McAlister and his fiancee, Jennifer Mason and their two daughters, Gabby and Lilly all of Poland, and Desiree Dunn of South Paris his friend and companion, Janet (Jan) Harmon of Otisfield; her two daughters, Christine and her husband, William Martell, of Rhode Island, and their children, William and Benjamin and Karen and her husband, David Potter, of Massachusetts, and their children, Morgan and Jacob, and her son, Kevin Harmon and his wife, Theresa, of Massachusetts; his brother, Elwood Dunn, Jr.; his sisters, Laura Johnson, Ester Andrews, Lucieola Dunn, Carolyn Rowe and Virginia Stevens; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Dunn was predeceased by his parents, Elwood and Ethel Dunn; sister, Ethelyn Dunn Brett; and his brothers, James Dunn, Edward Dunn, Richard Dunn and Claude Stevens.
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