Richard Thomas Dean |
| Posted 2009-08-16 by Sharla |
| The Wickenburg (AZ) Sun Thursday, February 1, 1979, p 6 Funeral services for Richard Thomas Dean, pilot of the light aircraft which crashed Jan 18, about 20 miles south of Wickenburg in the desert, were last week in the Church of Latter Day Saints in Kirkland. Dean was an elder in that church. He and three passengers were enroute to work at the Palo Verde nuclear generating plant near Buckeye. Stormy weather conditions prevailed at the time. Interment was in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Mr Dean lived in Walnut Grove. He was born 40 years ago in New Mexico and had been a resident of Arizona for 32 years. He was a steam fitter and had worked all over Arizona at his trade. At the time of death, he was employed by Bechtel Corp as general foreman at the nuclear generating plant. Mr Dean was a member of El Zaribah Shrine Temple, Phoenix and a charter member of the Elks Club, Page. Survivors are his widow, Kay Ester; three daughters, Larella Linda, Luella Lena and Lorana Lee, all of Walnut Grove; a brother, Robert W Dean of Yuma; two sisters, Onita Elmore of Biloxi, Miss., and Patricia Jacobson of Puyallup, Wash., his mother, Margie Hepler of Forrest, Miss., and father William C Dean of Anderson, MO. The Hampton Funeral Home of Prescott was in charge of arrangements. [my note: the crash site was found on Jan 18th but the plane crashed on Jan 15th] Courtesy of Pat R See Also: Find A Grave |
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