Obituary for Ethelyn M. Tunning

Ethelyn M. (Pierson) Tunning of Thonotosassa, FL passed away quietly at home on Sunday, March 7, 2010 after a long illness.

She was born in Corning, NY, on December 24, 1917, to Estella Jones Pierson and Ira H Pierson. Ethelyn was the youngest of 8 children, including her brothers Ike, Bert, Kenneth, and Paul and sisters Iona Clark Benedict, Ruth Harrison, and Lana Anderson Ballinger, all of whom pre-deceased her.

 After she had to drop out of school in the tenth grade, she worked as a nanny, then in a factory making parts for the war (WWII) effort. She later worked as a waitress, a cook, and then before retiring in 1980 from her job of assistant chef at the Corning Country Club.

She married Charles E. Tunning on December 25, 1943. She is survived by her three children, Kathleen Tunning Dillenbeck of Thonotosassa, FL, Raymond Tunning of Milan, TN and his wife Margie, and Jeffrey Tunning of Lawrenceville, GA and his wife Kathy, several grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She loved to read, play cards, crochet, make ceramics, travel, and spend time with her family and friends.

A memorial service will be held in Corning, NY, later this year, date and time to be announced.

Donations may be sent to Wounded Warrior Project.