Eunice Chatterton

Funeral services for EUNICE I. CHATTERTON, 94, will be held at 10am Thursday, August 25, 2011 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ken Beauchene officiating. Cremation will follow the services and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park in Scottsbluff, Nebraska at a later date. Eunice died August 20, 2011 at Community Hospital in Torrington. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3pm to 7pm. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Eunice was born December 12, 1916 in rural Mason City, Nebraska to Frank and Hazel (King) Dady. She received her elementary education in a country school and attended high school in Ansley, Nebraska, graduating in 1935. After graduation she worked in cafes in Kearney Nebraska, then Grand Island, Nebraska, then Seneca, Nebraska. In Seneca at a railroad café she met P.J. (Joe) Dunn. They were married in Alliance, Nebraska in 1941. Eunice was baptized in the First Baptist Church in Alliance. They had one son James J. Dunn. They were divorced in 1962. She then moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where she worked as a supervisor of maids in a boys’ dorm while sending her son to college. Later she moved back to Alliance where she worked in various cafes until 1970. In 1970 she moved to Scottsbluff, Nebraska to help her dad take care of her sick stepmother. After her stepmother’s death, Eunice went to work a Regional West Hospital as a housekeeper, retiring in 1983. She married Lloyd Chatterton in 1979. She attended Valley Bible Church in Scottsbluff for many years. She was also a member of the VFW auxiliary in Gering for many years. After Lloyd’s death in 1999, Eunice moved to Torrington, Wyoming to be close to her son and his wife. Eunice loved having coffee and visiting with her friends in Scottsbluff and Torrington. She loved and appreciated her many relatives and friends. She was a gentle, caring person who will be missed by all. Eunice was preceded in death by her parents; her two husbands; her brother Ivan Dady of Ansley, Nebraska; her sister Irma Nielsen of Broken Bow, Nebraska; her sister Bonnie DiBella of Whittier, California; and her sister Lee Cox of Gladstone, Oregon. She is survived by her son James J. Dunn and his wife Barbara of Torrington, Wyoming; stepson Chauncey Patrick (Pete) Dunn of Merritt Island, Florida; grandson Michael and Alan Dunn of Lakewood, Colorado; great grandchildren Aimee and Aaron Dunn of Lakewood; her stepsons Michael (Julie) Chatterton of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Larry (Kay) Chatterton of Torrington; her brother Lloyd Dady of Joshua Tree, California; her sisters-in-law Helen Chatterton of Bloomington, Indiana and Lois Anderson of Lexington, Nebraska; her brother-in-law John DiBella of Whittier; and several special cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Eunice Chatterton

December 12, 1916 - August 20, 2011