South Bend Tribune 9/30/1996

Theodore O. ''Tod'' Dean, 83, of State Road 2, died at 12:37 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. He was born July 14, 1913, in Etna Green, Ind. He had lived in the area most of his life, coming from Etna Green.

On April 20, 1935, in Plymouth, he married Martha Mae Sherer. She survives along with a daughter, Dessie Marie Yancey of Elkhart, a son and his wife, Robert E. (Fay) Dean of Plymouth, Ind. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Three brothers, Paul, Jim and Ralph, all preceded him in death.

Mr. Dean retired from the Bendix Corporation in 1973. He was a member of the Westside church of Christ, The American Association of Retired Persons and Bendix U.A.W. Local 9.

Services will be Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 11 a.m. in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 1201 S. Michigan St. Minister Ed Marang will officiate. Internment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or to the Michiana Christian Service Camp.