Mildred D. Dean 1924-2003
Mrs. Robert J. (Mildred D.) Dean, 79, of 741 Fort St., Ottawa, died Monday afternoon, Dec. 29, at Community Hospital of Otatwa, following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Carl Muehler officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Mueller Funeral Home and one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
Mrs. Dean was born Dec. 15, 1924, in Streator, to Leon and Mabel Plique. She married Robert J. Dean III on June 26, 1942, in Missouri.
She had been a waitress at several area locations including many years at Monte's Riverside Inn. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Uno Club and AARP and was a past member of the Altar Guild at the church.
She is survived by her husband; three sons, Robert J. (Peggy) Dean IV of Denver, Pa., Doug (Cynthia) Otto of Hebron, Ky., and James L. (Laurie) Dean of Tucson, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Billie Ann (David) McCarty of Melbourne, Fla., Margarett Plique and Sandra (Wayne) Tuntland, both of Ottawa; and three brothers, Ronald (Joyce) Plique of Greenville, Tenn., Sylvester (Helen) Plique of Marseilles and Kenneth Plique of Sheridan.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Dorothy Wendt, Lois Willis and Eva Jerde; and two brothers, Leon Plique Jr. and John St. Germaine.
Memorials may be directed to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Pallbearers will be Ernie and Eric Gray, Wayne Tuntland, Bill and Thaddeus Wendt and David McCarty.
- The Times (ILLINOIS),
December 30, 2003

• Married: 26 Jun 1942 in Missouri
• Change Date: 15 Sep 2010

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