Dea, Esther (1917 - 2016)

DEA, PAUL, PATTEE, KROHN, LOTT, SCHMITZ, BOOHER, WOSTOUPAL, ZIMMERMAN, KUEBRICH, PETERSEN, BOYLAN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/19/2016 at 16:56:15

Name of deceased: Esther Margaret Dea (nee Paul)

Aged: 99 yrs, 1 mo, 2 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: July 6, 1917; outside Shelby, IA

Died: Aug. 8, 2016; Avoca Specialty Care, Avoca, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Friday, August 12, 2016; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; burial was in Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA

Survived by: Daughters, Donna Dea and Kathleen (spouse, Thomas) Pattee, both of Avoca, IA; son, William (spouse, Sondra) Dea of Avoca, IA; grandchildren, Thomas Krohn of Mary Esther, FL, William (spouse, Amy) Pattee of Avoca, IA, Michael (spouse, Jenny) Pattee of Hubbard, NE, Tamara (spouse, Eric) Lott of Cincinnati, OH, Quincy (spouse, Lea Anne) Dea of Treynor, IA, Jana (spouse, Jeff) Schmitz of Harlan, IA, Patrick Dea (spouse, Scott Booher) of Minneapolis, MN, and Franklin (spouse, Hope) Dea of Boise, ID; great-grandchildren, Nathan, Ryan, and Evan Pattee, Jake, Ben, and Abby Wostoupal, Will and Thomas Pattee, Kaitlyn, Andrew, Jacob, and Brianna Lott, Gallatin and Irelyn Dea, Kathleen, Ethan, and Clara Schmitz, and Thomas, Jenni, and Dustin Krohn; sisters-in-law, Helen Dea of Avoca, IA, Beverly Dea of Shelby, IA, and Mary Zimmerman of Council Bluffs, IA; nieces, including special niece, Shirley Kuebrich; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Franklin B. and Martha C. (nee Petersen) Paul; husband, Richard; brothers, John, Clarence, and Ralph Paul; sisters, Gladys Boylan and Florence Paul

Education: attended a 1-room country school through eighth grade; she then attended Shelby Consolidated High School and graduated as valedictorian, Class of 1935

Religious affiliation: active member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church since joining the congregation in 1939

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Richard “Dick” Dea; June 14, 1939; location not provided

Employment: after completing high school, she helped at home while taking correspondence courses for secretarial applications; after her marriage to Dick, she was a farmer’s wife and homemaker while raising their children and took on many of the farming chores after Dick returned to the Citizens Savings Bank. She also helped with the auction clerking business for many years.

Hobbies/Interests: gardening; cooking and baking; playing marbles with her grandchildren; traveled extensively to all 50 states and many countries internationally; she volunteered at the Avoca Nursing Home; spent many hours cleaning at the church; was a charter member of the Knox Project Club, an organization of neighborhood women who took county extension lessons for home and self-improvement; belonged to the Newtown-Avoca Historical Society; Farm Bureau members with her husband.

Sources: harlanonline.com; burmeisterjohannsen.com