His early school years were spent in Central Nebraska and he graduated high school in Sidney, NE. He served in the Marine Corps from May 1952 to March 1955. On October 11, 1956, he married his wife, Gerry, and celebrated 66 years together last October. His son (David), Parents, Brothers and Sisters all preceded him in death.
He was the youngest of eight brothers and sisters. His career was spent mainly working for the Federal Aviation Administration, where he retired in 1983. After retirement from the FAA, he worked at Boulder Reservoir until 1996. He continued to farm his own land until he became too ill to do so, breeding, raising, training, and boarding horses.
His favorite hobbies were building and flying model airplanes, motorcycling, boating, and waterskiing, and most would call him a Jack of all Trades and a “go to” for anything mechanical.
He had two children, Susan and David. Dean and Gerry were fortunate to have raised Gerry’s sister (Janice’s) three children: Greg, Renee, and Jennifer, after her untimely death. He had five grandchildren, Jamie, Scott, Chelsea, Shae, and Cole.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Dean was a great storyteller. While most of his stories related to his life, he was never short on jokes to fill in the gaps. He will be dearly missed.
Visitation 9:00-9:45am with a Funeral Service following at 10:00am Friday June 9, 2023, both at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 200 2nd Ave., Lyons, CO 80540. Graveside committal service will be held at 2:30pm Friday June 9, 2023, at Foothills Gardens of Memory Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Tunnels to Towers or the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
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