ORNEVILLE TOWNSHIP – Dean A. Pullen, 76, went to be with her Lord, Feb. 5, 2014, after a short illness, at her residence. She was born Jan. 29, 1938, in Los Angeles.
Dean was raised in Culver City, Calif., and attended Culver City Schools. She married David J. Pullen, of Milo Dec. 21, 1969.
She was a member of Jobs Daughters, the Order of Rainbow for Girls and the Order of the Eastern Star (OES) in Culver City. She lived in France, Tripoli, California and Texas while traveling with the U.S. Air Force. She and David settled in Maine in 1970 where Dean worked in various business leadership positions. She served as Worthy Matron of Aldworth Chapter, OES and the Grand Chapter of Maine OES as Grand representative to the Grand Chapter of Georgia and Grand Marshall. They moved to Texas in 1981 where Dean continued working in business and was a member of Business and Professional Women. She served Bryan Chapter and Longview Chapter OES as Worthy Matron. They moved back to Maine to retire at Little Boyd Lake in 2012, where Dean was active in Red Hatters, Milo Garden Club, Three Rivers Kiwanis and Aldworth Chapter OES Past Matrons. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Churches of Bryan and Longview, Texas. She was known for the variety of pies she baked for church functions, OES suppers, community functions and hungry children and grandchildren. Dean was an avid reader of novels and the newspapers.
Dean is survived by her husband, David; daughter, Terri Wessling and husband, Carroll, of Leesville, La.; son, Bill Braselton and wife, Kathy, of Bradenton, Fla.; grandchildren, Jennifer Edwards and husband, Ronny of Miakka, Fla., Jeff DuBois of Bradenton, Fla., Megan McLellan of Lake Charles, La., Matthew Braselton of Bradenton, Fla., Brenna Campbell and husband, Chris, of Pineville, La., Chris Braselton and wife, Julie, of Smithfield, Va., Tyler McLellan, USN, of Oak Hill, Wash., Stephanie Cook and husband, Peyton, of Dallas, Daphne Henderson and husband, Bill, of Colleyville, Texas, Natalie Wessling and fiancé, Scott Sundermeyer, of Oklahoma City, Carroll Wessling II and partner, Kelly Ortego, of Louisiana, and Barbara Gardner, Tyler, Texas; and great-grandchildren, Allena DuBois, Marina Edwards, Caitlin Campbell, Holland Cook, Chance Henderson, Sydney Henderson, Corey Wessling, Noah Wessling, and Dustin Gardner.
Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at Lary Funeral Home, Milo. A celebration of Dean’s life will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at the Park Street United Methodist Church, Park Street, Milo. Dean’s life will be celebrated in Bradenton, Fla., Bryan, Texas, and Leesville, La., at a time to be announced before a mid June interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Milo. Condolences and memories may be expressed at www.laryfuneralhome.com.
Dean A. Pullen
