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Frances Adrienne Gunn Neil
April 12, 1934, Kinmundy, IL: - - Frances Adrienne, daughter of John Carrol and Caroline
WILLIAMS GUNN, was born Sept. 23, 1852 at Richview, Ill., was married to William
Walter NEIL of Kinmundy, Ill. Dec. 24, 1874, and died April 5, 1934, while in St.
Anthony’s Hospital in Effingham, Ill. Her love of books, music and the drama, made her a
most entertaining hostess. She was skilled in the art of elocution, and the work she loved
best was as a teacher of this art. Many of her students took first place in dramatic readings.
Into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Neil came a daughter, an only child, Charlotta Adrienne,
now Mrs. Heinrich. On Jan. 10, 1895, a wee baby, a grandson, Xon Harlan, came into the
home. Xon was religiously inclined from childhood and it was thru him, Mrs. Neil united
with the M.E. Church.
Frances Edith Gunn
died Sept. 24, 2000, at age 89 in Portland, Oregon. . A private cryptside service was held.
Mrs. Gunn was born Sept. 18, 1911, in Canon City, Colo. Her maiden name was Haines.
She moved to Portland in 1940 and was a bookkeeper for Drs. Vernon Summers and
"Red" Irvin for more than 20 years before her retirement in 1975, when she moved to
Seaside. She was a member of North Coast Family Fellowship. In 1931, she married
Howard Gunn; he died in 1968. Survivors include her daughter, Gayle Spear; sister,
Gertrude Nix; four grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Interment is in Valley
Memorial Park Mausoleum in Hillsboro. The family suggests remembrances to a favorite
charity. Arrangements are by Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in Seaside.
Frances Elizabeth Gunn McLean
Odessa, Texas - Frances Elizabeth “Dee” Gunn MacLean passed away on Tuesday, June 9,
2010, after a short illness. She was 94 years old. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Colin M. ‘Mac’ MacLean; parents, Albert and Zula Gunn; mother-in-law,
Catherine MacLean; beloved aunt, Nettie Covey; brother, Ewing and wife Blanche Gunn;
sister, Inez; sister, Verna and husband Dick Brown; sister, Vivian; sister, Felton and
husband Jack Pope; sister, Isabelle and husband Olin Hardy; brother, Horace and wife
Marjorie Gunn; and sister-in-law, Alice MacLean Shallat. She is survived by four
children, Nancy A. Berry of Albuquerque, N.M., Orman D. Darby and wife Frances of Sun
City, Ariz., John M. Hayner and wife Drew of Hunt, Texas, and Elizabeth MacLean
Huston and husband James of Glendale, Ariz.; also grandchildren, John Winston Darby
and wife Gina of Everett, Wash., along with their children, Sean, Mollie and son Hayden,
Monica and husband Tony, all of Washington state, Wendy Sue Hayner and daughter,
Skyler of Denver, Colo., John Colin Huston, Shelby Elizabeth Huston and Jason Cory
Huston, of Glendale, Ariz. She also had many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and
great-nephews. Frances was born and raised in Oak Grove, Titus County, in East Texas on
Jan. 1, 1916, and was always a fearless free spirit and adventurer at heart. She remained
loyal to Oak Grove throughout her life, and she had many stories to share from her
childhood on the Gunn farm. Frances was proud of her service during WWII as a civilian
employee of the Eighth Service Command, Judge Advocate’s Office. She also worked in