Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the Overton Funeral Home, Indianola, IA with interment with military rites at the St. Charles Cemetery, Madison County, IA.  Visitation will be held from noon until the services on Saturday at the funeral home.

Dean was born in rural Prole, IA and attended high school in St. Mary's and St. Charles, IA.  He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WWII. Following the war he graduated from Simpson College.

A resident of Walcott for the past 8 years, he previously had lived in Michigan.  He had worked for Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America in Chicago, IL as a construction supervisor.  He was an avid Cubs fan, liked steam trains, gardening and was a longtime member of the Masonic Lodge in Chicago.  In later years, he took great joy in his postcard ministry.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA.

Surviving are his daughter Linda "Deana" and her husband Gary Lucht of Walcott, his brother James C. Patrick and wife Ruth of Indianola, and his sister-in-law Evelyn Patrick of Beatrice, NE.

He was preceded in death by his wife Barbara in 1999, 3 brothers:  Vaughn, Roy and Donald Patrick and his sister Phyllis Young.

Online condolences may be sent at www.overtonfunerals.com.