Dallas Plugge Dean

Dallas Plugge Dean, age 83, of Middletown, DE, lost a valent fight with cancer and passed peacefully to her eternal rest, without pain or trouble, on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Born in Washington, DC on March 8, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Lydia Moehring Plugge. Dallas was born and raised in Washington, DC. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. She attended St. Mary’s Seminary Junior College and received her associates degree in 1960. She graduated from American University with a BA in education. After graduation she went onto become a grade school teacher for 30 years at Roger’s Heights Elementary School in Blandensburg, Maryland. Dallas met and married her first love, Raynor Dean. She was an avid antique collector as evidenced by her wonderful collection of furniture and historic household items. Dallas was a philanthropist and donated to many animal humane societies, people in need and Christian organizations. She was a spiritual person involved with many activities with her church in both Washington, DC and Middletown and was a chaplain for the American Legion Post 41 in Washington, DC for over 30 years. Dallas will be deeply missed by both family and friends who knew her. In addition to her parents, Dallas was preceded in death by her longtime partner, Arnold Toller. She is survived by her cousins, Rick Moehring (Debbie), Kimberly Moehring Andrews (Mark), Mark Moehring (Anne Marie), Addy, Josie Grace Moehring, and Sandra (Dar) Monson of Stillwater, MN; special friend, Bob Densmore; friend of 70 years, Ramona Schlueter from Le Sueur, MN; and many friends from church, Le Sueur, MN, and other activities. The family would like to give special thanks to her faithful and attentive care givers, Wayne and Beth Slippey, Donna Parks and the hospice people who cared for Dallas until the end. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 10 am until 11 am on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home, 275 East Main Street, Middletown, DE, where a funeral service will begin at 11 am. Interment will follow in Old Drawyers Cemetery, 2839 Dupont Parkway, Middletown, DE 19709. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dallas’ name to Tree of Life Lutheran Church, P. O. Box 64, 505 Osbourne Street, Odessa, DE 19730.

Dallas Plugge Dean

March 8, 1941 - August 28, 2024