Dean Andrew Ferbrache

Dean Andrew Ferbrache passed away peacefully at the age of 94, in the loving company of his family, to be reunited with God. Born on September 12, 1912 in Odessa, Missouri, Dean was the fifth of six children born to Louis Ono Ferbrache and Cora Blanche Fancher. His siblings included brothers Clifford, Charles and younger brother Everett James. His sisters were Harriet and Marie Elizabeth. When Dean was still a young boy his family moved to Lewiston, Montana to take advantage of free land given away by the government. Since farming proved unproductive in this part of Fergus County, Luo and Cora abandoned their Montana homestead and moved to Portland, Oregon in the early 1920s. Lou found employment there as a carpenter for the railroad.

The ancestry of the Ferbrache line can be traced back to the 1600s to the Island of Guernsey in the 1600s. Guernsey and Jersey make up the Channel Islands located in the English Channel approximately 13 mile from the northern coast of France and about 85 miles from the southern coast of Great Britain. Dean?s great, great, great grandfather Daniel Ferbrache, born in 1770 on the Island of Guernsey, immigrated with his wife and children, to the United States in 1806 to escape the Napoleonic wars. After landing at Norfolk, Virginia the group traveled to Baltimore for horses and supplies. Their destination was Cincinnati. After a difficult journey they settled in the Cambridge area of what is now known as Guernsey County, Ohio.

Dean grew up in Portland and attended Clinton Kelly High School of Commerce graduating in 1931, the middle of the depression. Jobs were scarce so at nineteen he enlisted in the Navy and was immediately sent to San Diego.

In 1938, Dean?s Naval air squadron was based at Sand Point Naval Air Station. At a dance at the downtown YMCA, Dean was introduced to Pauline.. Pauline Gayle Steger had just graduated from Franklin High School....They were married on March 24, 1940, in Seattle, WA. In the summer of 1941, the Navy moved Dean and Pauline to North Island Naval Base in San Diego. Throughout the year, Dean?s squadron flew bombing patrols along the west coast from Baja California to Alaska. Three months later Pearl Harbor was attacked and in March the following year, Dean left for the war. Dean?s squadron was deployed tho the South Pacific and the World War II kept them apart for the next two years. In 1943, Dean was reunited with Pauline who had been staying with her mother at her home on Seattle?s Beacon Hill.

During the war He saw action in the South Pacific. The traveled throughout the south pacific and Japan after World War II.

Then on November 8, 1944, Dean and Pauline celebrated the birth to their first child, daughter Lynn Gayle. In August of 1945 the war ended and in September of 1946 Pauline and Lynn met Dean in Kaneohe, Hawaii where he was stationed. then back to Alameda where they remained for the next three years. During the winter of 1947, Dean and Pauline spent a Saturday afternoon to see the movie ?Oklahoma?. During that time daughter Cathy was born on June 3, 1948. In 1951 the family moved to a new home in to the Viewridge neighborhood near Sand Point. In 1954 Dean?s Squadron was transferred again to Hawaii, but after six months he decided it was time to end his service in the Navy. Dean received an honorable was discharged from the Navy on July 20, 1954, after 22 years and 19 days, at the rank of Chief Petty Officer. During his service he received the Korean Service Medal/Ribbon, the United Nations Medal/Ribbon and the National Defense Service Ribbon. Upon his return, Dean quickly found employment with the Boeing Company. They bought a new home in Burien close to his job.

Shortly after he started with Boeing, Dean pursued a civilian job with the Air Force at Paine Field in Everett.

On November 21, 1956, Dean and Pauline welcomed the arrival of son Mark Dean settled into new home in Shoreline. Later Dean was hired again by the Boeing Company and worked on the original 747s.

In 1975, Dean retired permanently from government service. In 1981 Dean and Pauline, now empty nesters, moved to new Seattle townhouse to enjoy their leisure years with their children: Lynn Gayle, Cathy Ann and son Mark; and grand children; Graham, son of daughter Lynn and Pat Hughes; Jaime daughter of Cathy and Tim Garrand; Jordan and Matthew, sons of Mark.