THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
DEEN, FREDA MONTGOMERY - Funeral service for Freda Montgomery Deen, 85, Bunnell, who died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at Florida Hospital-Flagler, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at First United Methodist Church, Lambert and Pine Streets, Bunnell, with the Rev. Beth Gardner officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. today (Tuesday) at the church.
Mrs. Deen was born in Atlanta, Ga., and spent her childhood in Apalachicola, moving to Bunnell during her high school years. She was a graduate of Bunnell High School and an active member of many organizations, including First United Methodist Church of Bunnell, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Joseph Eggleston Johnston Chapter, Idlewood Club American Cancer Society - Reach to Recovery, Volusia - Flagler Unit, Flagler County Historical Society and Pioneers of Bunnell.
Mrs. Deen was predeceased by her husband, William Welch Deen Sr., a member of one of the original pioneering families of Flagler County.
She is survived by son, William Welch Deen Jr., Tampa; daughter, Delores Regina Deen, Mt. Dora; granddaughters, Caroline Deen (Jack) Milne, Jacksonville, Kathleen Deen (Juan) Parke New Orleans, La., Guy (Shannon) Eure, Atlanta, and Tag Eure, Fredericksburg, Va.; and great-grandchildren, Emily Irons, Jacksonville, Deen Parke, New Orleans and Sammy and Brooks Eure, Atlanta.
The family requests in lieu of flowers memorial donations to The American Cancer Society - Reach to Recovery, Volusia - Flagler Unit, 1620 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Suite 300, Daytona, FL 32119 or First United Methodist Church of Bunnell, P.O. Box 335, Bunnell, FL 32110.
Directions are under the careful supervision of Palm Coast Funeral Home.
LONGTIME COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, DEEN, 85
by Carl Laundrie, Staff Writer
BUNNELL - Freda Montgomery Deen, 85, a longtime community activist in Flagler County, died Saturday at Florida HospitalFlagler after a long illness.
Mrs. Deen was born in Atlanta and moved to Bunnell from Apalachicola with her family while she was still in high school.
She graduated from the former Bunnell High School and married the late William Welch Deen Sr., a member of one of the pioneering families of Flagler County.
She was active in a number of community organizations, including The Pioneers of Bunnell, The Idlewood Club, The Flagler County Historical Society, The United Daughters of the Confederacy's Joseph Eggleston Johnson Chapter, the American Cancer Society-Reach to Recovery and First United Methodist Church of Bunnell.
From helping out with community projects to rallying the town against a road-widening project that would have cut down two old oak trees in front of her home, Mrs. Deen was an effervescent force in the city. She was always smiling and friendly and worked hard behind the scenes to improve the city.
"We were longtime friends," Bette McDaniel of Painters Hill said. "The whole community will miss her; they just loved her. I especially will miss her."
Survivors include her son, William Welch Deen Jr. of Tampa; her daughter, Delores Regina Deen of Mount Dora; and four grandchildren.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to First United Methodist Church, 205 N. Pine St. Bunnell, FL 32110, or the American Cancer Society, Reach to Recovery Unit, 1620 Clyde Morris Blvd. Suite No. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32119.
Palm Coast Funeral Home is in charge.
In Loving Memory
Freda Regina Deen
Date of Birth
Friday, May 24, 1918
Atlanta, Georgia
Date of Death
Saturday October 18, 2003
Palm Coast, Florida
Age: 85 Years 4 Months 25 Days
Funeral Service
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
10:00AM
First United Methodist Church
Celebrant
Reverend Beth Gardner
Interment
Espanola Cemetery
Espanola, Florida
Funeral Arrangements by
Palm Coast Funeral Home
220 Palm Coast Parkway SW
Palm Coast, Florida 32137
