OBITUARY FOR JOHN PAUL DEANE

BORN FEBRRUARY 18, 1942 IN SIKESTON, MO.

TO LEE (BUCK) DEANE AND HAZEL BERNIECE (GODWIN) DEANE

PASSED AWAY ON MAY 16, 2025 IN COIMBRA, PORTUGAL

JOHN ATTENDED CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL, MO. AND GRADUTED IN 1960

JOHN ATTENDED SANTA MONICA COLLEGE AND LATER HE TRANSFERRED TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH WHERE HE EARNED BOTH A BS AND MASTERS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER INCLUDED JOBS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE SATURN AND MOON LANDING PROJECTS. HE WORKED FOR STOODY COMPANY AS DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. LATER HE STARTED THE LASER WORKSHOP, AS A JOB SHOP, OFFERING LASER AND WATERJET SERVICES UNTIL HIS FIRST STROKE 20 YEARS AGO.

JOHN ENJOYED TRAVELING WITH JENNIE WHETHER CRUISING, DRIVING THROUGH EUROPE OR IN THE U.S. VISITING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

HE IS SURVIED BY JENNIE GUIDA HIS PARTNER OF 45 YEARS. HIS COUSINS PAULETTE BALDWIN AND HER SISTER VADA ANA BERRY. HIS FOUR CHILDREN MICHELE DEANE, JENNIFER KATCHES, BRYANT DEANE, KIMBERLY GIBSON AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ALONG WITH RALPH GUIDA IV AND GINA WASHICKO (JENNIE’S CHILDREN) AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

JOHN, WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS LOVE OF COUNTRY, FAMILY AND CHURCH. SAINT MATTHEW CHURCH WAS HIS HOME WHERE HE SPENT HIS TIME ATTENDING MASS, BEING AN USHER, MEMBER OF THE BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE AND SERVIING ON THE CHURCH PARISH COUNCIL. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL WHEN IT CAME TO SELLING OUR OLD CHURCH LOCATION AND BUYING OUR NEW CHRUCH HOME IN BREA. UNFORTUNATLEY HE WILL NOT SEE THE COMPLETITON OF THE RENOVATIONS, BUT HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE WILL BE INSIDE OUR CHURCH. SAINT MATTHEW ECUMENICAL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BREA, CALIFORNIA.

Send to someone

Share this obituary with others

https://everloved.com/life-of/john-deane/obituary/

Copy