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Orrie WilliamDean

Posted 2/22/07

Orrie WilliamDean, 77 WYOMING - Orrie William Dean of Wyoming died Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, in Bayheath-Kent General Hospital, Dover. He was 77. He was born Aug. 23, 1929, in Federalsburg, Md., son of …

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Orrie WilliamDean

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Orrie WilliamDean, 77

WYOMING - Orrie William Dean of Wyoming died Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, in Bayheath-Kent General Hospital, Dover. He was 77.

He was born Aug. 23, 1929, in Federalsburg, Md., son of the late Orrie L. and Lillian (Klieber) Dean.

Mr. Dean served his country proudly as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Corps for more than 20 years.

After retirement, he worked as an insurance investigator, a maintenance mechanic for the Capital School District, was a special Kent Court constable, worked for Bennett Security, was a lieutenant in charge of security at the governor's mansion and retired as a state of Delaware environmental protection officer.

He was a member of American Legion Post 2, FOP Lodge 3 and Camden-Wyoming Moose Lodge.

Mr. Dean was an avid reader and was a jack of all trades.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Genevieve Dean, in 1991.

He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Mary Dean; two sons, William Dean of Washington, D.C., and James Dean and his wife Renee of Downingtown, Pa.; a sister Doris Hudson and her husband Robert of Georgetown; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Pippin Funeral Home, 119 W. Camden-Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, where friends may call from noon until service time.

Burial with full military honors will follow Monday at 10 a.m. in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Chesapeake City Road, Bear.

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