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    1. Obituary: Mrs. Grace F. DEAN
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Thurday March 29, 1951 Mrs. Grace F. Dean. Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Freeman DEAN, widow of the late John S. Dean, will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. Dr. Ray C. Jones, pastor of the First Congregational Church, will officiate. Pallbearers will be Carl HOUSEWORTH, John SHUART and Stephen HALL, all of Topeka; John BALLARD, Kansas City, Mo.; William L. TONSLEY, Jr., Great Bend, and John S. DEAN, III., Chicago, all grandsons. Interment will be in Topeka Cemetery. Mrs. Dean, who died late Tuesday night at her home, 2220 West 17th, was born in Kansas City and was a Topeka resident for many years. She was a member of the First Congregational Church, Louvre Art Club and of the board of Ingleside Home. For years she has given an annual prize for the best painting by a local artist in memory of her niece, Miss Elizabeth ROBINSON, who was an art student at Washburn University at the time of her death. She was married to Frederick W. FREEMAN, Topeka banker in 1887. Mr. Freeman died in June, 1928. She was married to the late Col. John S. Dean, Topeka lawyer, who died in 1937. Surviving are six step-children, Mrs. W.C. BALL, Webb City, Mo.; Mrs. Paul W. BILLINGS, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Dean ALT, Lawrence; W. Laird DEAN, John S. DEAN, Jr.; and Morris Dean, all of Topeka; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. John H. ROBINSON, Nantucket, Mass., and a brother, Frank WAUGH, Sonora, Calif.

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