Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Edeal, Dean William March 25, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald March 27, 2010
Dean William Edeal, 91, of Lexington, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Plum 
Creek Care Center in Lexington.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the First 
United Methodist Church in Lexington with the Rev.Todd Karges officiating.

Visitation was held Friday, March 26, 2010, at the Reynolds-Love Chapel in 
Lexington.

Cremation will take place following the funeral service and inurnment will be 
held later.

He was born March 17, 1919, on the family farm near Overton, to Alvin and Edna 
(Cole) Edeal.

Dean attended country school through the 10th grade and then transferred to 
Lexington High School, graduating in 1936, as president of his class.  He then 
went on to college at the University in Lincoln where he played baseball and 
was active on the poultry judging team.  Dean returned to the farm and was 
united in marriage to Mary Arlene Pullen on Feb.12, 1939, at Kearney.

Dean was always active in the community and his church.  He was a member of 
the First United Methodist Church and served as a church trustee for many 
years.  He was a past member of the school board for District No. 21, the Soil 
Conservation Board, the ASCS Board, a Farm Bureau member and the family was 
honored with the University of Nebraska Honor Family of the Year in 1961, as 
well as being honored with the Lexington Chamber of Commerce Farm Family of 
the year in 1982. 
 
Dean and Arlene hosted the Dawson County Cattlemen’s tour for two years and 
Dean was so proud of having lived on the same farm for 59 years.  He loved the 
land and enjoyed raising livestock and growing a large garden.

He instilled in his family a wonderful work ethic and was always active in all 
of his children’s activities.  He was active in 4-H when the children were 
young.  Dean loved baseball and was a member of the Nebraska Independent 
League, he was so proud of having his son, Russell, and grandson, David play 
for the Cornhuskers at the University in Lincoln.  Memories were made and 
cherished with the family traveling to Lincoln to watch the football games.  
Dean loved gardening, woodworking, playing cribbage and cards, collecting 
aluminum pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, visiting and being with his 
family. 

Survivors include his wife of 71 years, Arlene Edeal of Lexington; three sons, 
Russell (Kathryn) Edeal of Loomis, Brian (Teri) Edeal and Arlin (Jean) Edeal, 
all of Johnson Lake; two daughters, Karen (Robert) Kander of Stanton, Eldeana 
(Randy) Boals of Sutton; one sister, Retha Wycoff of Lexington; 17 
grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and one 
sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Floyd and Ruth Thiel of Friendship, Md.

Dean was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Alan Dean.


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