Mildred Dunn

Mildred L. Dunn, 94, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Woodlands at Meth-Wick in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 19, 2017, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Christopher Podhajsky. The family will gather at St. Wenceslaus at 9:00 a.m. Burial will follow the mass at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her sons, David (Julie) Dunn of North Carolina and Greg (Wendy) Dunn of Cedar Rapids; four grandchildren, Jason Dunn, Lisa (Justin) Worrell, Whitney (Eliot) Weiner, and Robert Dunn; and six great-grandchildren, Summer, Aiden, and Reid Dunn, Kaitlyn and Abigail Worrell, and J. Jake Weiner. Millie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sons, James and John, and an infant daughter Mary. Millie was born on April 12, 1923, to Dr. N.A. and Clare (Hau) Golinvaux, the oldest of seven children. She graduated from Our Lady of Victory Academy in Waterloo receiving a scholarship to Clarke College in Dubuque, which she attended. Millie's mother died when she was 18, so she returned home to care for her younger brothers and sisters, after which she attended nurses training at St. Mary's in Rochester, Minnesota. In September of 1944, she married Dr. Justin C. Dunn. They raised their family in Cedar Rapids, where Millie was a member of All Saints Catholic Church, and later Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Millie spent countless hours in volunteer service to many civic and religious organizations in Cedar Rapids. Foremost among them included her service to the St. Teresa's Circle and to the All Saints Alter and Rosary society, of which she served as President, and the Blue Army, for which she hosted a week-long series of evening rosaries in her home each year for nearly four decades. She was a founding member and leader in the Catholic Daughters of Cedar Rapids and is a past president of the Curiae of the Legion of Mary. She enjoyed traveling to New Melleray Abby near Dubuque, and it was her wish to be buried in a pine casket made there by the Brothers, as she will be. Millie attended daily mass her entire adult life, until her failing health made this impossible. Millie also was an artist, and she exhibited her paintings in various art shows in Cedar Rapids. For many years, she volunteered with the American Cancer Society, giving informational programs to groups throughout Eastern Iowa. She was a loving, generous, and kind mother and a fun-loving and doting grandmother ' roles that she cherished. Millie loved all people, but she was especially sympathetic to those whose lives were less fortunate than hers, and she delighted in the company of little children. She will be remembered as a person whose life centered around her love of God. Her generosity to other people, whether friend or stranger, was exceptional and her charitable spirit and acceptance of others were hallmarks of her life. Memorials may be made in Millie's memory to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. The family extends a special thank you to the staff at Meth-Wick for the exceptional care Millie received during her time there. It couldn't have been better.