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William Delmage Dunham 1913-2005 The Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, MO, May 3, 2004, April 7, 2005 William Delmage Dunham, 91, of Pleasant Hill, formerly of Georgetown, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005. He was born Oct. 19, 1913, in Gracemont, Okla., a son of Andrew Herman and Anna Mae Bullock Dunham. On Oct. 12, 1940, in Culver City, Calif., he was married to Lorine Catherine Hoebing, who died April 30, 2004. Mr. Dunham was raised and educated in Calumet, Okla. He served in the infantry of the Oklahoma National Guard. He attended the Santa Monica Technical College and Boyle School of Aeronautics. He was employed at Douglas Aircraft Corp. in Culver City, Calif. and Tulsa, Okla. He later was a carman for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Sedalia. He also farmed throughout his life. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church and the Knights of Columbus in Sedalia. He was a contributing writer for Full Cry magazine. Surviving are two daughters, Mary Jane Briggs, of Liberty, and Arlene Ann Hansen, of Kansas City; four sons, Ronald Joseph Dunham, of Kansas City, Kan., William John Dunham, of Pleasant Hill, Darrell Thomas Dunham, of Seattle, and Mark Charles Dunham, of Kansas City; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two brothers, Charles Dunham and Preston Dunham; and two sisters, Helen Whitener and Madaline Manser. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church, with the Rev. Vincent Hoying officiating. Pallbearers will be grandsons Mike Wilson, Dan Wilson, Doug Wilson, Chris Wilson, Jeff Wilson, Scott Wilson, Alan Dunham and Josh Dunham. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, with military rites by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2591. The family will receive friends from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at McLaughlin Funeral Chapel.
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