Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dean, Philip Dale February 20, 1952
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Virginian-Pilot  February 21, 1952
PHILIP D. DEAN, 47, DIES; HEAD OF VENEER FIRM

FOUNDER OF CATHOLIC USO AND ACTIVE IN NORFOLK COMMUNITY CHEST

Philip Dale Dean, 47, president of the Dean Company, of Chicago, which owns and 
operates the Dixie Veneer Company of Portsmouth, and several other veneer 
companies in the country, died yesterday at 3:15 in a Norfolk hospital.

Son of the late Richard Dean and Mrs. Marie Louise Dailey Dean, he was a native of 
Chicago and had lived in Norfolk 24 years, residing at 7706 North Shore Road.

The Dean Company, which acquired the Dixie Veneer Company in 1927, also has 
holdings in Australia and Africa.

Mr. Dean was a founder of the Catholic USO in Norfolk and was active in the 
Norfolk Community Chest.  During World War II, he served as a lieutenant commander 
in the Navy.

A graduate of Georgetown University, Washington, he was a member of Sacred Heart 
Catholic Church.

He was a member of the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, the Princess Anne Country 
Club and the Virginia Club.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Miriam Burke Dean; one son, Philip Dale Dean Jr., of 
Norfolk; two brothers, Thomas A. Dean of Chicago, and Charles D. Dean of Norfolk; 
three sisters, Sister Mary Claude Agnes Dean of St. Louis; Mrs. J. F. Fitzgerald 
of Chicago, and Mrs. Army Dean of Mexico City, Mexico.

The body was taken to the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments.



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