THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, FL
September 20, 1984BETTY DEEN, TRANSPLANT PATIENT
DeLand - - Betty H. Deen, Route 4-332 Westchester Dr., died Wednesday night in the University of Alabama Hospital from complications of heart inflammation while awaiting a donor heart for a heart transplant, a hospital spokesman said today.
Mrs. Deen, 50, was hospitalized in the Birmingham hospital after examination Aug 4 at West Volusia Memorial Hospital in Deland showed myocardtis requiring surgical attachment of a pacemaker. When an accompanying kidney infection cleared, doctors were able to proceed with issuing a call for a donor heart.
Ethel Whidden, a friend and colleague of Mrs. Deen's at Deltona Junior High, where the latter was a bookkeeper, said a donor heart had be found but couldn't be used for a transplant because the tissue match with Miss Deen wasn't close enough.
Mrs. Whidden said Mrs. Deen, who was divorced, was very strong willed and a fighter, who was very concerned with the people around her.
Mrs. Deen, an Espanola native from Flagler County, was a bookkeeper at Deltona Junior High since 1971, when she moved to Deland. She is survived by her mother, Jewel Deen of San Mateo; a brother, Ross Deen, San Mateo; a son Ric Deen, Gainesville; a daughter Donna Deen, Tampa and Mrs. LaVanway, Washington, DC.
Allen-Summerhill Funeral Home, Deland, is in charge.
DELAND SUN NEWS
DeLand, Florida
Thursday, September 20, 1984BETTY DEEN
Betty H. Deen of Westchester Drive died Wednesday in the University of Alabama Hospital. She was 50.
A DeLand resident since 1971, Mrs. Deen was born in Espanola. She has worked in the Volusia County school system since 1971 as a bookkeeper at Deltona Junior High School.
Her survivors include her mother, Jewel Deen of San Mateo; two sons, Ric Deen of Gainesville and Gary Deen of Kingston, N.Y.; two daughters, Glyn LaVanway of Washington, D.C., and Donna Deen of Tampa; and a brother, Ross Deen of San Mateo.
Allen-Summerhill, DeLand, is in charge.
DEEN, BETTY H. – Funeral service for Betty H. Deen, 50, Westchester Drive, DeLand, who died Wednesday, September 19, 1984, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 23, 1984 at Allen- Summerhill Chapel, DeLand with Rev. L. A. Calding, officiating.Survivors include her mother, Jewel Deen of San Mateo, Fla.; sons Ric Deen of Gainesville, Fla., and Gary Deen of Kingston, N.Y.; daughters, Glyn LaVanway of Washington, D.C. and Donna Deen of Tampa, Fla.; brother, Ross Deen of San Mateo, Fla.
Friends may call at Allen-Summerhill Home, DeLand, Saturday, September 22, 1984 from 3-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Burial will be in Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Fla..
Allen-Summerhill, DeLand, is in charge.
