Obituary for Ralph William Dunn
Ralph William Dunn was born October 3, 1964 in Houston, Texas and died October 25, 2011. He was the son of the late William Lee Dunn and Searcy Miller Dunn. Ralph grew up in Houston, Texas with his younger sister Dorothy Lee. He graduated from The High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and from Texas Lutheran University. Ralph was a member of the Texas State Guard and served his community and state during Hurricane Katrina. At different times during his life he was a public school teacher, an entrepreneur, and a skillful computer programmer/analyst. Ralph was also a talented and gifted writer, poet, multi-faceted artist and photographer whose humor, wit and intelligence will be greatly missed.
Ralph is survived by his loving wife LiMei Chen Dunn (whom he described as “the light of my life”); his mother Searcy Miller Dunn Kracke and stepfather Frederick Lee Kracke; his sister Dorothy Lee Dunn Pickett, brother-in-law Patrick and niece Priscilla Jean; stepsister Mary Elizabeth Kracke Gajewski, her husband Dwayne and their daughters Caitlin and Ashlyn; stepbrother Gil Kracke, his wife Mae Mae and their daughters Caroline and Margaret; stepbrother David Kracke; father-in-law De Ke Chen and mother-in-law Su Zheng Qing; brother-in-law Gang Chen and his wife Ming Zhong; brother-in-law Jian Chen, his wife Qing Yang and their daughter CoCo; his uncle Hubbard C Miller; his cousin Jeffrey C Miller, his wife Laura and their daughter Jackie; his cousin Darrell Hubbard Miller, his wife Alicia, and their children Mason, Griffin, Morgan and Audrey; and by a large extended family and many loving friends.
Those wishing to give a memorial gift in memory of Ralph Dunn are requested to do so by making a donation either to HSPVA Friends, 4119 Montrose Blvd., Suite 210, Houston, Texas 77006 (713-874-0087), http://www.hspvafriends.org or to Texas Lutheran University, Development Office, 1000 West Court Street, Seguin, Texas 78155 (830-372-8030), http://www.tlu.edu/ttlf
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Ralph is survived by his loving wife LiMei Chen Dunn (whom he described as “the light of my life”); his mother Searcy Miller Dunn Kracke and stepfather Frederick Lee Kracke; his sister Dorothy Lee Dunn Pickett, brother-in-law Patrick and niece Priscilla Jean; stepsister Mary Elizabeth Kracke Gajewski, her husband Dwayne and their daughters Caitlin and Ashlyn; stepbrother Gil Kracke, his wife Mae Mae and their daughters Caroline and Margaret; stepbrother David Kracke; father-in-law De Ke Chen and mother-in-law Su Zheng Qing; brother-in-law Gang Chen and his wife Ming Zhong; brother-in-law Jian Chen, his wife Qing Yang and their daughter CoCo; his uncle Hubbard C Miller; his cousin Jeffrey C Miller, his wife Laura and their daughter Jackie; his cousin Darrell Hubbard Miller, his wife Alicia, and their children Mason, Griffin, Morgan and Audrey; and by a large extended family and many loving friends.
Those wishing to give a memorial gift in memory of Ralph Dunn are requested to do so by making a donation either to HSPVA Friends, 4119 Montrose Blvd., Suite 210, Houston, Texas 77006 (713-874-0087), http://www.hspvafriends.org or to Texas Lutheran University, Development Office, 1000 West Court Street, Seguin, Texas 78155 (830-372-8030), http://www.tlu.edu/ttlf
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Ralph William Dunn please visit our Sympathy Store.
