Obit: Dehne, Raymond #2 (1923 - 2011)

Contact: Audrey Roedl

Email: audreo@charter.net

Surnames: Dehne, Ortmier, Jones, Hiebsch

----Source: The Loyal TRG (Loyal, Clark County, WI 14 Sept 2011)

Dehne, Raymond, 11 JUNE 1923-08 SEPT 2011)

Raymond W. Dehne, 88, Owen, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the First United Church of Christ, Colby. Rev. Marlea Gilbert officiated. Interment will be at the First United Methodist Memorial Garden. San Diego, Calif.

Raymond Dehne was born on June 11, 1923, in Colby, to Edward and Lydia (nee Ortmier) Dehne. He graduated from Colby High School and lived in Colby until 1941. When World War ll started, he moved to California and worked in an aircraft plant for approximately 2 ½ years. He then enlisted in the Army and served his country as a heavy machine gunner in Italy, France, Germany and Austria. He was awarded two Bronze Battle Stars, the Victory Medal, American Theatre Ribbon, European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Occupational Medal, and two service stripes. He returned to Los Angeles and San Diego, and worked in the funeral business for three years. He then managed the San Diego City Cemetery Division for 26 years until his retirement in 1981. He married Jacqueline Jones on July 16, 1949, in San Diego. She passed away May 23, 2005. He was a member and head usher in the First United Methodist Church in San Diego for 56 years. He married Lois Hiebsch on Oct. 28, 2006, at the First United Church of Christ in Colby, and moved back to Owen in 2007. He was a handyman and enjoyed fishing and traveling.

He is lovingly survived by his wife, Lois Dehne; one son, Ronald ( Sally)Dehne,La Mesa, Calif.; two grandchildren, Michelle (Ashley) LeDuc, and Michael (Marlene) LeDuc and family; and three stepsons, Jeffrery (Janet) Greschner and family, Michael (Arlene) Greschner and family, and Phillip Greschner.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Arnold Dehne, Elmore Dehne, and Paul Dehne; and one sister, Gertrude Masiewicz.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Disabled Veterans of America.

Maurina Schilling Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.