Celebrating the life of
Frank Skipper Dunn
October 21, 1944 - February 22, 2009
Bluffton, SC – Frank Matthew Dunn died quietly Sunday, February 22, 2009 at his home in Bluffton, South Carolina at 65 years of age. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Blun Dunn and the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Francis Dunn and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan Strachan. A lifelong resident of Savannah and in recent years, of Bluffton, he was a 1962 graduate of Savannah Country Day School and attended Princeton University.
"Skipper" as he was known to friends and relatives, was a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader and most of all, an orchid enthusiast and grower. He was employed for many years by the Georgia Nursery in Savannah and by Live Oak Orchids where he shared his knowledge and love of these beautiful plants with many other orchid lovers.
He was predeceased by his brother, Henry Duncan Dunn.
A burial service will be at Bonaventure Cemetery, Thursday, March 5, 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Patrick O'Brien officiating.
Remembrances should be sent to The Bluffton Historical Preservation Society, P.O. Box 742, Bluffton, SC 29910.
Please sign our on-line guestbook at www.foxandweeks.com
Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
Skipper! I remember what a good friend you were to my brother Nicky, who died in 1988. I was only 16 when I met you. I'll never forget you reading Dorothy Parker poems out loud to me by candlelight.You had such a beautiful voice. You fixed up a room for me to stay in, filled with plants and candles and shells. I only wish i had told you how much you meant to me. You were like another big brother to me. I read the book, 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' and saw that both you and Ron Strahan were mentioned. What a loss to the world to lose both of you. Ron with his love of art, and you with your love of plants and nature and books. I was a young, crazy street kid in those days. Thank you for being a friend to me, treating with me respect, and attempting to guide me. through those troubled times. Love, Saratoga
- Sara Jacobelli, New Orleans, LA
I have so many fond memories of our relationship especially during my childhood. I will remember with fondness your apparent appreciation of me & my sense of humor, our spirited debates & your respect of nature. I only wish I had had the opportunity to tell you how much I valued our relationship although I think you may have known and to have offered you comfort. I will miss you!
- Helen Dunn Schandolph, Savannah, GA
Many times looking back at my early growing up years in Savannah, it was Skipper's welcoming laughter and invitation into his inner sanctum of candles, incense and story telling that stirred my imagination and made me think of strange and wonderful adventures that could be discovered in the 'outside' world away from my tender beginnings. JRR Tolkein's 'The Hobbit' read to me with a flourish and blaze of drama started my journey into the imaginative worlds of books that were outside the required reading at St. Vincent's Academy. Oh what a world he set me onto! I'm sad to think he is not in that world any longer. My sympathy goes to the family I never met. Bon Voyage with fond memories, Skipper.
- Midge Shippen, Las Vegas, NV
Bon voyage mon ami. Peace be with you.
- Samuel Smith, Barnesville, GA
A student I was both proud and fond of.
- Danyse G. Edel, Savannah, GA
Strachan I was so sorry to read of Skipper's passing. Please, know I am thinking of you.
- Gae Lawson, , GA
Skipper! I remember what a good friend you were to my brother Nicky, who died in 1988. I was only 16 when I met you. I'll never forget you reading Dorothy Parker poems out loud to me by candlelight.You had such a beautiful voice. You fixed up a room for me to stay in, filled with plants and candles and shells. I only wish i had told you how much you meant to me. You were like another big brother to me. I read the book, 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' and saw that both you and Ron Strahan were mentioned. What a loss to the world to lose both of you. Ron with his love of art, and you with your love of plants and nature and books. I was a young, crazy street kid in those days. Thank you for being a friend to me, treating with me respect, and attempting to guide me. through those troubled times. Love, Saratoga
- Sara Jacobelli, New Orleans, LA
I have so many fond memories of our relationship especially during my childhood. I will remember with fondness your apparent appreciation of me & my sense of humor, our spirited debates & your respect of nature. I only wish I had had the opportunity to tell you how much I valued our relationship although I think you may have known and to have offered you comfort. I will miss you!
- Helen Dunn Schandolph, Savannah, GA
Many times looking back at my early growing up years in Savannah, it was Skipper's welcoming laughter and invitation into his inner sanctum of candles, incense and story telling that stirred my imagination and made me think of strange and wonderful adventures that could be discovered in the 'outside' world away from my tender beginnings. JRR Tolkein's 'The Hobbit' read to me with a flourish and blaze of drama started my journey into the imaginative worlds of books that were outside the required reading at St. Vincent's Academy. Oh what a world he set me onto! I'm sad to think he is not in that world any longer. My sympathy goes to the family I never met. Bon Voyage with fond memories, Skipper.
- Midge Shippen, Las Vegas, NV
Bon voyage mon ami. Peace be with you.
- Samuel Smith, Barnesville, GA
A student I was both proud and fond of.
- Danyse G. Edel, Savannah, GA
Strachan I was so sorry to read of Skipper's passing. Please, know I am thinking of you.
- Gae Lawson, , GA
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
