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JOEL PETER DUNN

Needham, Massachusetts

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DIED
June 24, 2020
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Needham, Massachusetts

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DUNN, Joel Peter Age 72, of Amherst, MA, where he had his business Dunn Associates, formerly of Needham and Wellesley. Beloved son of the late John Raymond and Margaret (Coyne) Dunn, and brother of the late Joyce Dunn Higgins and John R. Dunn, Jr. Born in Charlestown, NH, he grew up in Needham....

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Many great memories from high school. Joel always had a smile. Basketball over the summer. Surfing at the Cape or on Martha´s Vineyard. He was a good friend. Hard to believe he´s gone.

I have nothing but great memories of Joel from our days of playing after school basketball games at the Stephen Palmer grade school outdoor basketball court in Needham. Afterwards, it was go next door to the old YMCA for sodas and watching TV before we all went home. My Needham High School basketball teammates and I lost track of Joel after college until 2012 when his neighbor and close friend, Robert "Bo" Lynch found him living in Amherst. Shortly before Bo passed away in 2013, they did...

Joel was among the first classmates that I met on my first day of college back in 1966. Sorted by alphabet, Bob Conway, Paul DeWolfe, Joel Dunn, Fred Durham and I all became close friends. I regret having lost touch with Joel although I did stop by his office in Amherst one day but just missed him. Tonight, I will remember Joel in my thoughts and prayers as well as my memories of those fun days in college.