MARGARET EDNA BOOE

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Margaret Edna Booe Deen, 90, passed away early Sunday morning, April 27, 2008 at the Volusia-Flagler Hospice House, Port Orange, FL. She was born April 19, 1918 in Haw Creek, Flagler County, FL to the late William Frank (Willie) Booe and Clara Blanche Jones.

Margaret was a nurse and retired from the Halifax District Hospital in Daytona Beach, FL in the early 1980's after 25 years of service. Prior to working for Halifax Hospital, she was a staff nurse and then medical secretary for Dr. John M Canakaris in Bunnell, FL.

She attended Bunnell Elementary School and moved with her parents to Fort Lauderdale in February 1925 where her father was a projectionist for a motion-picture vaudeville theater. Her mother played piano at the same theater for the vaudeville acts and the silent movies.. Margaret graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School and then attended nursing training at a Fort Lauderdale Hospital.

She married Claude Sisco Deen on 02 Apr 1939 at the First Union Church in Ormond Beach. They were divorced in 1952 at which time she moved from Bunnell to Ormond Beach.

At her request, her cremains will be buried in her mother’s grave at Volusia Memorial Gardens in Ormond Beach, FL.

She is survived by the following children and grandchildren::

Son, Claude Sisco (Gloria McArn) Deen, Jr., Flagler Beach; Grandson James Devin (Kate Louise Corbett) Deen and great-grandchildren Sage Owen Harper Deen, Scarlet Lillian Faith Deen and Jasper Maddox Augustine Deen of Auckland, New Zealand; Grandson Brian Wayne (Rebecca Joanna Paddon) Deen and great-grandchildren, Brian William Deen and Juliana Grace Deen of Tallahassee; and Grandson Sisco Carlos (Kelly Marie Lee) Deen and great-granddaughter Abigail Choloe Deen of DeLeon Springs, FL;

Daughter, Claudia Jo Deen (Roland Henry “Butch” Malo, Jr) Malo, Ormond Beach; Grandson William Frank (Denise Ford) Malo and great-granddaughter Ashley Rose Malo, of Ormond Beach; Granddaughter Sherri Lynn Malo (John L Ladanyi, Jr) Ladanyi and great-granddaughters Samantha Ranae Ladanyi and Sydney Kae Ladanyi; Granddaughter JoAnn Kay Malo (Scott William Bodem) Bodem of Orlando and great-grandsons Christopher Shae Ramsey, Ryen Cameron Ramsey and Tyler Walsh Ramsey of Port Orange; and Grandson Russell James (Sheri Denise Snook) Malo and great-grandchildren Zachary James Malo and Olivia Breanna Malo of Ormond Beach; and

Son, Joy Monroe (Francis Linda Abel) Deen, Port Orange; Granddaughter April Adrienne Hesselton, Port Orange and great-grandchildren Jessica Anne Hesselton and Branden Hesselton of Shrewsbury, MA and Grandson Michael Aaron Deen of Port Orange.