Austintown- A prayer service will be held Saturday 10:30AM at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel and funeral services at 11AM in the Grace Lutheran Church, Austintown for Mary Elizabeth Dunker, age 78, of Austintown who died Tuesday evening at her residence surrounded by her family.
Mary was born September 20, 1930 in Youngstown to the late Frank and Florentine Ennemoser Janesh.
She was a graduate of East High School, member of the Austintown Grange, and devout member of Grace Lutheran Church.
Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Bernard A.. Dunker who died September 9, 2001, they were married January 21, 1950. she is also preceded by an infant son, Bernard A. Dunker, a sister, Louise LaRocca, and two brothers Frank and Rudolph Janesh.
She is survived by two daughters, Mary Robert Gbur, and Kathy Orto; two sons, Ronald Marilou Dunker, and Kenneth Sherrie Dunker all of Austintown. five grandchildren, Doug Suni, Mike, and Jeff Erin Gbur, Julie and Ricky Orto; great-granddaughter Adilynn Gbur; sister Florence Colella of Boardman, and brother Robert Rose Janesh of Struthers.
Friends may call Friday from 4-8PM at the funeral home
Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Contributions in Mary's memory can be made to Hospice of the Valley.