Jean Veronica Dunham

Jean was born April 26, 1920, in Stamford Hill, London, U.K., to Hugh and Ruth Gunson. During the London Blitz she and her sisters volunteered for the Civil Defense and drove ambulances day and night. Later she joined the British Women’s Army rising to the rank of First Lieutenant.

During the war she met Capt., later Major, Edgar W. Dunham Jr. of Durham, N.C., serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in England. They were married on Dec. 9, 1944, at Enfield Chase, Middlesex, England, where her family lived.

In 1946 Jean voyaged to America, joining her husband and his family in Durham. Later the couple and their three children lived in Port Washington, NY, and Barrington, Ill., before moving to Charlotte in 1967. Jean and Eddie divorced several years later and he passed away in 2007.

Jean earned her real estate broker’s license in Charlotte and worked for many years as a broker at Wyman Realty and Bissell - Hayes. In 1970 she became a U.S. citizen.

A member of Carmel Country Club for 45 years, Jean loved golf and played well into her 80s. She was an avid fan of professional golf and tennis and a serious and often intimidating bridge player, according to her bridge-partner friends at Carmel and Quail Meadow Estates. Jean volunteered for many years at Loaves and Fishes, Charlotte, and supported the Charlotte Rescue Mission.

Jean was predeceased by her sisters in England, Margot and Pat.

She is survived by her brother Steven Gunson, England; her three children, daughter Patricia (Trisha) Dunham Scudder, and fiancé Charles Moldenhauer, both of New York, NY; son Edgar W. (Skip) Dunham III, Charlotte; and daughter Margot Dunham Morgan, Charlotte; her son-in-law Steve Morgan, Charlotte; and her grandchildren for whom she was their beloved NeeNee, Brian Edward Holland, Longmont, CO; Kimberly Jean Holland, Bend, OR; Corey Joel Morgan, Charlotte; and Megan Trisha Morgan, Charleston.

Any mention of Jean must include her much loved cat Kewie, and her dear departed pets Sutton, Soho and Chelsea.

A memorial service will be held Friday April 12 at 10:00 am followed by a reception at McEwen Pineville Chapel, 10500 Park Rd., Charlotte.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in Jean’s name be given to the Charlotte Rescue Mission www.charlotterescuemission.org

Online condolences may be left at www.McEwenPinevilleChapel.com