Wanda Maxine Hart Dean, age 84 years, a resident of Elkins, WV departed this life early Saturday morning, November 2, 2013 at her home with her family at her side.
She was born Saturday, March 9, 1929 at Kerens, WV a daughter of the late Celophus and Elva Blanche Cross Hart. On May 12, 1973 at Baltimore, MD she was married to Bradley S. Dean, who survives. They had celebrated forty years of marriage. Also surviving are two step daughters, Janet Lynn Kruger and husband William; and Dora Francis Peterson and husband Bryan, all of Baltimore, MD; one sister Naola Mae Shipp, of Glenmore; two grandchildren, Kelli Kruger and William Kruger, Jr.; two great granddaughters, Lilly; and Emily Kruger and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death are four brothers, Edgar Lee; Gilbert Levi; Cleophus Durwood; and Richard Allen Hart; and one sister, Nola Jean Currence.
She attended the schools of Kerens and was a graduate of Elkins High School with the Class of 1942. She attended Davis and Elkins College; and then worked in the accounting department of FMC Corporation in Baltimore, MD. She was a homemaker, a noted cook, a seamstress, enjoyed crocheting and loved flower gardening. She attended the Church of God of Prophecy.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from 5 to 8 PM, Tuesday. Final Rites will be conducted at the funeral home Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 12:30 PM. The Reverend Gilbert L. Hart, Jr., will officiate and interment will follow at the Beverly Cemetery at Beverly, WV.
