Background

Dean, Dearest was born on October 4, 1911 in Volin, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of John Henry and Bessie Marie Donnelly Peterson.

Education

Graduate high school

Career

Composer songs including: One Has My Name, 1948, The Lonely Hours, 1970, 1501 Miles of Heaven, 1970, Walk Beside Maine, 1980.

Achievements

• Dearest Dean has been listed as a notable songwriter by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary American Red Cross, Burbank, California, 1943. Member of American Society of Composers.

Interests

• Golf.

Connections

Married Eddie Dean, September 11, 1931. Children: DonnaLee Knorr, Edgar Glosup World World War II Graduate.

Father:

John Henry

Mother:

Bessie Marie Donnelly Peterson

Spouse:

Eddie Dean

child:

DonnaLee Knorr Dean

child:

Edgar Glosup World World War II Graduate Dean