Oneida Daily Dispatch 
Monday, Feb. 7, 2000 
 
MORRISVILLE - Mary H. Dunning, 87, of Pleasant Valley Road, died Friday, Feb.
4, 2000, at the Crouse Community Center. 
 
She was born Aug. 30, 1913, in Belleville, Ill., the daughter of John and 
Amelia Boucher Hecker. 
 
In Syracuse on March 10, 1944, she married Theodore Dunning. He predeceased 
her in 1975. 
 
Mrs. Dunning at one time was employed by the West Eaton School as a cook and 
General Electric in Utica for over 17 years, until her retirement. She later 
was employed by the Arthur Cottet Family of Syracuse. 
 
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 
 
Surviving are three daughters and sons-in-law, Joy and Hugh Davis of 
Morrisville, Joyce and Edward Lewis of Salem, N.H. and Marie and Kenneth 
Weaver of Pavilion; three sisters, Marie Alicondri of Pulaski, Frances Ferenc
of Bobtown, Pa. and Josephine Murphy of Pulaski; two brothers, Charles Hecker
of San Pedro, Calif. and Frank Hecker of Pulaski; 12 grandchildren; 13 great 
grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.