Rancy Ernest Dewey (Birth 7 Dec 1888/Death 16 Dec 1983)

Rancy Dewey dies December 16

Rancy Ernest Dewey, 95, died Friday, December 16 (1983), in Rialto, California. He was born to William Alfred and Eunice Jane Shurtliff Dewey on December 7, 1888, in Downey. He herded sheep as a young man and later went to California and worked at the Kaiser shipyard in Wilmington. He was a veteran of World War I and was wounded. He received the Purple Heart.

On May 29, 1962, he married Unida Eveline Deetzen. She died April 16, 1972. At that time they lived in San Jose, California. He was a member of the LDS Church.

Survivors include three brothers, Leonard Valess Dewey, Paramont, California; Don Lavell, Rialto, California; George Fonso Dewey, Downey; half brother and sisters Wendell Leon Dewey, Murray, Utah; Thora Dewey Koch, Thousand Springs, California; and Gladys Dewey Lake, Layton, Utah.

He will be buried in San Jose, California, at Oak Hill Memorial Park.