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Barbara Jane Dutton

April 3, 1928 — November 4, 2024

Dunkirk, NY

Barbara Jane (Walbeck) Dutton


Barbara Jane (Walbeck) Dutton, age 96, of Dunkirk, NY, passed away

peacefully Monday, November 4, 2024, in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

She was born in Buffalo, NY on April 3,1928, the daughter of the late Anna

(Bannister) Walbeck Green and Leonard Walbeck and later became a

lifetime resident of Dunkirk.

As a young woman Barbara Jane worked at the Van Raalte Company. She

was active in the support of our soldiers and the support and honor of the

sister city of Dunkerque, France. Her favorite role was of a devout wife and

mother. She was the #1 supporter of her children, attending all their school

events, watching them march in parades, cheering them on in sports, and

spoiling them with homemade jellies, pickles, and cookies. She also loved

to play cards, especially pinochle, with family and friends. She and her

husband “Butch” traveled all over the USA with the Gallingers. The family

will always carry her loving memory in their hearts.

Surviving Barbara Jane are her children: Cindy (Larry) Manning of West

Palm Beach, Florida, Bonnie Meyer of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Wende

(William) Adamczak of Dunkirk, Sandra (Hugh) Abell of Signal Mountain,

Tennessee and Leonard Dutton of Rome, New York; 7 grandchildren, 8

great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband: Elvin

“Butch” Dutton; her sons: Elvin Charles and Timothy Brian Dutton; her

grandsons: William Kent and Michael Andre Adamczak; her sister Patricia

Miller Walbesser and brother Richard Green.


Viewing will be at McGraw Kowal Funeral home in Dunkirk, NY Monday, November 11 

between 3-6PM. A Christian burial Mass will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Dunkirk, NY 

November 12 at 10 AM, followed by Entombment at St. Mary's Cemetery. 

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Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Monday, November 11, 2024

3:00 - 6:00 pm (Eastern time)

McGraw - Kowal Funeral Home

736 Central Ave, Dunkirk, NY 14048

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Mass

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

10:00 - 11:00 am (Eastern time)

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Burial

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

11:00am - 12:00 pm (Eastern time)

St. Mary's Cemetery

Bennett Rd, VA 20171

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