Dean F. Lindsey
Jefferson, Iowa
Date of Death: October 6, 2005

Memorial services for Dean “Crip” Lindsey will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday October 12, 2005 at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson, with interment at the Jefferson Cemetery.

Friends are invited to visit with the family Tuesday from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson.

Dean Franklin Lindsey, son of Cooper Lindsey and Laura Alice Derry Lindsey, was born January 23, 1910 in Jefferson. Dean was an all state running back for the 1928 Jefferson High School football team, which played Centerville in a 0-0 tie for the mythical state title. The team finished the year unbeaten and unscored upon.

Dean graduated from Jefferson High School in 1930 and was recruited to play football at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Homesickness prevailed, and he returned to Jefferson, where he worked for the Jefferson Light Company and Ferguson Diehl Construction.

Some of Dean’s family moved to California, and 1940 found him going to work in San Diego, California at the Consolidated Aircraft Plant. On November 2, 1941 Dean married DeVee Linder in Yuma Arizona. They were the parents on one son, Dee. They resided in San Diego until 1944, when Dean returned to Jefferson to work again for Ferguson-Diehl Construction.

Dean managed the F&D road crew, installing poles for the REA in northwest Iowa and southeast South Dakota. In 1948 Dean and his family returned to Jefferson, where he became plant manager, and later, part owner of Ferguson-Diehl Construction.

He left the business in 1966 and built and ran a drive-in restaurant on Highway 30. He later worked for American Athletic and the Greene County Engineer’s Office. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing and golf, and home and yard projects.

Dean died October 6, 2005 in his home. He was preceded in death by his wife DeVee, his parents, one sister Estella Heath, and one brother Charles Lindsey.