Edith Dunbar was journalist, author and playwright
Edith Ann (Tews) Dunbar, 87, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 in her home in Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio. A journalist, author and playwright, a member of the Detroit Working Writers, she was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was a graduate of the University of Michigan.
She was a reporter and later Women’s Editor of the Mellus Newspaper in suburban Detroit. She was a recent resident of Bluffton, previously Northville, Michigan and earlier Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
She is survived by her husband Henry Colin Dunbar; a daughter Amy Lynn Dunbar (Mike Swoveland), a granddaughter Courtney Elizabeth (Makin) Caudill (Andy Caudill), great granddaughter Autumn Leigh Caudill; and a great grandson Logan Ray Caudill.
There will be a memorial service beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday March 3, 2013, at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, 875 W. Market Street, Lima.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Parkinson Foundation of Northwest, Ohio, 1930 North State Route 19, Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.chiles-lamanfh.com
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