Henry W Dean headstone at Highland Cemetery

NORWOOD, Jan 15—The funeral of Henry W. Dean was held at his late home on Dean st, yesterday afternoon.

Rev Robert Wood Coe officiated at the services and interment was in Highland Cemetery.

Mr. Dean had been a lifelong resident of the town. He died at his home Friday morning of double pneumonia. Dean st was named in his honor. He was 67 years old and was a member of the Norwood and the National Grange. He had been employed at the Norwood Press for a considerable time.

He leaves a wife, a son Herbert; a sister, Miss Mary Dean, and a brother, Albert Dean, all of Norwood.

Mon, Jan 15, 1923 – 11 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)

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