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William Arthur Dean

Posted 2020-10-27 by mhenderson
Published in Today's News Herald on Oct. 27, 2020 -
Lake Havasu City, Arizona -

William (Bill) Arthur Dean entered eternal rest on July 4, 2020 at his
home in Lake Havasu City after a long illness. Bill was a loving
husband, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa and brother. He was born on March
16, 1942 in Tucumcari, New Mexico to William and Annamae Dean. His
family then moved to California where Bill graduated from Gardena High
School. He then proudly served three years in the Army from 1960 to
1963 and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and received his honorable
discharge in 1966.

Bill met Lou and they had three wonderful children and they divorced
in 1978 and remained friends. Bill then met Kay through a friend of
his and they married in 1979 and became the Brady Bunch as he would
always say and they shared 40 beautiful years together. After the
Army, Bill began his long career with Pacific Bell moving his way up
to management where he excelled until his retirement in 1987. He and
Kay then moved to Ferryville Wisconsin for a few years, while there
Bill started his own business which he enjoyed. They came back to
California due to his health. He finished out his working career in
2007.

In 2018, Bill and Kay left California and set their sights on Lake
Havasu City. He was very excited about moving to Arizona and ended up
living directly across the street from their oldest daughter.

Bill is survived by his loving wife Kay, children Darla (Tuffy)
Politowitz, Charles (Susie) Dean, Kenneth (Christymea) Dean, Linda
(Jim) McNally, Jeff (Dianna) Buetow and Patricia (DonEric) Brown, 18
grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. He also is survived by his
sister Beverly Williams.

He is preceded in death by his parents and his brother.
A celebration of life will take place in the spring of 2021.
We miss you every day.





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