On this Pearl Harbor Day I remember - - -

- - - I remember my good friend Warren "WW" Dean, electronics guru and great fisherman.

I talked with WW via ham radio years before I blundered into So MD.

Imagine my surprise when he showed up to teach a Ham class my Son was attending.

We became fast friends and fishing buddies and he showed me many of my now favorite fishing spots.

WW was a radio operator on a ship moored in Pearl Harbor. In addition to a double career (Navy and Civil Service) at NAS Pax, he was active in Ham Radio, and Veterans Groups like Pearl Harbor Survivors.

We all miss you WW, and Polly as well , and I will never forget our fishing trips on the Polly B, a great wooden Luhrs.



(4/1/2007)

Warren Westre Dean, 88, of Hollywood, MD died April 1, 2007 in Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Born February 8, 1919 in Omaha, NE, he was the son of the late Earl Warren Dean and Georgia Ella Morton Dean. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor and retired from the Navy after thirty years, while stationed at Patuxent River. He then retired from Civil Service after eighteen years. He and his wife, Pauline enjoyed their home on the water in Hollywood, MD for many years both before and after his retirements. Mr. Dean was an active member of the St. Mary?s County Amateur Radio Association and the Thomas K. Shryock Lodge 223 AF and AM. He is survived by his daughter, Carol Lynn Murphy of Rancho Cordova, CA, two sisters, Betty Schooler of Craig, MO and Carol May Matties of Fort Collins, CO, brother-in-law, Ernest Brickhead of Brandywine, MD, four grandchildren, Deborah Knotts, David O?Bryan, Michael Payne, and Lisa Rexius, nine great-grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Pauline Brickhead Dean, brother, Morton Dean, and sister, Dorothy Dean Hartman. The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 5, 2007 from 5 -8:00 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD; with a Funeral Service conducted at 7:00 p.m. Reverend Dan Moore will conduct the service. Interment will be on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.