She was born Dec. 18, 1921 to William Otis and Nora R. Menta Miller Alspaugh. She married Orville Glenn Deem on April 16, 1949. He preceded her in death in Feb. 8,1991.
Mrs. Deem had been a bookstore manager in the Annex at DePauw University for 18 years and previously owned the U-Shop on the campus of DePauw as well as the Monon Grill and Deem Shonkwiler Jewelers.
She is survived by daughter Glennda Deem and sister Eldena McCarson, both of Greencastle, and several nieces and nephews.
Also preceding her in death were her parents; four sisters, Muriel Thomas, Mildred Quinton, Edna Bachert and Madonna King; and four brothers, Maynard Alspaugh, Ralph Alspaugh, William Alspaugh and Don Wayne Alspaugh.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at the Abundant Life Baptist Church, 822 W. Hwy. 40, Greencastle. The calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, also at the church. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Greencastle Banner-Graphic, Nov 24, 2008
She was born Dec. 18, 1921 to William Otis and Nora R. Menta Miller Alspaugh. She married Orville Glenn Deem on April 16, 1949. He preceded her in death in Feb. 8,1991.
Mrs. Deem had been a bookstore manager in the Annex at DePauw University for 18 years and previously owned the U-Shop on the campus of DePauw as well as the Monon Grill and Deem Shonkwiler Jewelers.
She is survived by daughter Glennda Deem and sister Eldena McCarson, both of Greencastle, and several nieces and nephews.
Also preceding her in death were her parents; four sisters, Muriel Thomas, Mildred Quinton, Edna Bachert and Madonna King; and four brothers, Maynard Alspaugh, Ralph Alspaugh, William Alspaugh and Don Wayne Alspaugh.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at the Abundant Life Baptist Church, 822 W. Hwy. 40, Greencastle. The calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, also at the church. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Greencastle Banner-Graphic, Nov 24, 2008
Family Members
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Muriel Alspaugh Thomas
1905–1962
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Mildred L. Alspaugh Quinton
1907–1965
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Maynard Miller Alspaugh
1909–1955
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Edna May Alspaugh Bachert
1910–1939
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Madonna R. Alspaugh King
1911–1995
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Ralph S. Alspaugh
1914–1981
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Eldena C. Alspaugh McCarson
1918–2017
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William B. "Knute" Alspaugh
1920–1997
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Donald Wayne Alspaugh
1923–1990
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