Dorothy Margaret Deeny 1923-2009
DAHLEN, GALLAGHER, WHALEN, DEENY, STEWART, MOUNT, BULMAN, PETERSON, BRESNAHAN, SWEET
Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 4/14/2009 at 20:31:01
Dorothy M. Deeny
Dorothy M. Whalen Deeny, 85, of Waukon died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at her home in Waukon, with her five children and a granddaughter at her side. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 31 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial was held in St. Mary's Hanover Cemetery, rural Waukon. [Martin Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.]
Dorothy Margaret Whalen Deeny was born June 24, 1923 on the rural Waukon, Hanover township farm of her parents, Maurice Francis and Estella (Dahlen) Gallagher. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's Hanover Catholic Church and attended Hanover and Iowa River elementary schools and Immaculate Conception Catholic High School in Lansing.
She was married to Paul Gregory Whalen, and they were later divorced. Dorothy worked at Northern Engraving in Waukon for many years. She also did seamstress work for many years. May 28, 1982 she married Donald Deeny at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon.
Dorothy was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. She enjoyed sewing, dancing to the Toe Tappers, working in her flower garden with her sister Idella, and spending time with her family and her good friend Irene Lewey.
Survivors include her children, Greg Whalen of Apple Valley, CA, Vicky (Richard) Stewart of Gastonia, NC, and Suzie (Floyd) Mount, Jackie (Leonard) Bulman and Debi Peterson, all of Waukon; 20 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Idella (Bernard) Bresnahan of Waukon and Karen Sweet of Minneapolis, MN; five brothers, Vernon Gallagher and Robert (Connie) Gallagher, both of Waukon, Fr. Maurice Gallagher of Boone, CO, Joe (Inez) Gallagher of Dorchester, and Donald (Charlene) Gallagher of Bosier City, LA; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Donald, who died in 1995; and a brother, Thomas Gallagher.
Honorary casketbearers were Luke and Sam Mount, Brian and Justin Ahlstrom, Justin Blair, Troy Dixon, Scott Evans, Warren Longmire, Ted Schlosser, Chris Shelton, Mike Sweeney, Gavin Whalen and Jim Zumwalt. Casketbearers were Clark and Greg Lewey, Colin Ahlstrom, Lenny Bulman, Brent Peterson and Ryan Tighe.
The Waukon Standard, April 1, 2009
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