Dolores “Lorrie” Dunning, 88, Atchison, Kansas passed from this world on November 10, 2024, at Amberwell Hospital to join her heavenly father and savior Jesus Christ. 

  The 8:15 a.m. mass on December 17, 2024, will be for the repose of the soul of Lorrie at St. Benedict Church. Inurnment will be in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Benedict Parish or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and may be left in the care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.arensbergpruett.com. 

  Lorrie was born December 17, 1935, in Hays, Kansas to parents Alex Gerstner and Emma Schutz Gerstner. She graduated from Girls Catholic High School, Hays, Kansas in 1954. She later enrolled in classes at UCLA in California.  She worked in administrative office positions at Montgomery Wards, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado, and Cengas Energy in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was a tireless and dedicated partner with her husband Roger in support of many customer conventions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 

  Lorrie married her soul mate, Roger Dunning in 1954 at Pensacola, Florida. She was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and friend to everyone she met. Her dreams and spirit will live on in those that survive her, her loving husband Roger, sons Bruce in Nashville, TN; son David in New York City, NY; a sister, Rosemary of Scottsdale, AZ; grandchildren, Stephanie and Alex and many fear and loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.