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Regina Gonzalez lit a candle
Thursday, January 27, 2022
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Floris was wonderful to work with. She is sadly missed. Regina Mazzurco Gonzalez.
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Carol Jones uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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Floris was featured in this article published in The Chautauquan Daily in the summer of 2018:
Floris Dunn works this summer at the Afterwords Café on Bestor Plaza. She said she does what all the employees at the café do: “We cook, clean, wait on tables, handle the cash register, anything to make the place run smoothly.”
Colleagues and her supervisor say she’s terrific, never missing work and always upbeat. But life has not often been smooth for Dunn.
When she graduated from Jamestown High School five decades ago, Dunn began a career in retail at the old Bigelow’s Department Store on Third Street in downtown Jamestown. Dunn had already been through a lot, and much more was to come.
The second youngest of nine children, Dunn and her brother were sitting on their father’s lap as youngsters. He was reading to them — then he stopped. Something was wrong. He had suffered a heart attack and soon passed away. This tragedy triggered a passage for Dunn and her brother through two foster families.
One was in it for the county reimbursement, and the other family was Christian and caring. Dunn and her brother were adopted by her new family when she was 11 years old.
“My new mom was a retired teacher,” she said. “She used flashcards to teach us multiplication and division.”
At Bigelow’s in Jamestown, Dunn was an office worker, doing billing and filing. She moved to the Bon-Ton in Warren, Pennsylvania, and later worked for several years at the Jamestown Manufacturing Corporation, a maker of doors and other building features and materials. In the early 1990s, Dunn was taking business courses at Jamestown Business College, earning a medical office certificate. By this time, she was married and worked for a while in doctor’s offices.
For the past dozen years, Dunn has worked as a substitute paraprofessional in the local school system.
“That means I’m a teacher’s aide,” she said. “I like the little kids in elementary school best, maybe because I could not have children myself.”
She also serves as a private home health care aide, a job she does on her days off from Afterwords.
Last November, Dunn was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her doctor found a lump that proved to be growing aggressively, and there followed surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
“My friends were amazed that I didn’t get sick,” she said. “My strong faith in God keeps me on a positive course.”
She wears a wig or head covering at work.
“Mostly it’s only little kids who ask about it,” she said.
Dunn said she had visited the Institution perhaps five times while living in Jamestown for 40 years.
“When you add up the gate fees and parking, it’s kind of expensive,” she said.
Now that she has a gate pass, she is looking forward to attending the Frankie Valli concert at the end of the season.
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Laurie Bowman posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
So sorry for your loss.
Laurie Bowman Ring School
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Bonnie Engberg posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
I was saddened to learn of Floris' death. I knew her primarily through her activities at Buffalo Street United Methodist Church and with the Angel Food program. I am sure she is now enjoying her heavenly reward.
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Brittany Bragg uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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When i saw this i honestly didnt know what to say, tears started rolling down my face. I meet Floris when i was in 5th grade through a mentoring program at striders. She ended up being my mentor for 8yrs of my life. I have so many memories that would take to long to post. I will never forget you and im so sorry to your family. I will be praying may you RIP
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Heidi Stenander posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Always enjoyed talking with Floris when I would see her at work. She will be missed. Thoughts and prayers to her loved ones.
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Carol Ferringer lit a candle
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
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She was such a sweet lady. She worked with my son at Fletcher School. She will be missed
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Rick LaDue posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Floris transferred her membership from Buffalo St. UMC to Kidder Memorial UMC when I was pastor there. She immediately brought a willingness to serve. She was faithful in her prayers, presence, gifts and service. She was also a regular every summer at Family Bible Camp at Camp Findley. I'm sure Kidder will miss her servant's heart. May God comfort her family and friends as they mourn her loss.
Pastor Rick LaDue
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Tuesday, December 28, 2021
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Friday, December 24, 2021
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