February 15, 2006
Gale Eslick
Perry - March 31, 1928 - Feb. 4, 2006 - Gale (Dean) Eslick, 77, of Perry died Saturday Feb. 4, 2006 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry.
Services were held Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Burial was in Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry.
Memorials to the family may be left at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry.
Dean was born March 21, 1928 in Perry, the son of Reginald Everett Eslick and Fern Lucille Martin Eslick. He grew up in the Perry area and graduated from Perry High School with the Class of 1946. He worked as an office manager at Progressive Foundry in Perry. He then went to work as a construction time keeper for Neumann Construction Company, then as a traffic manager for Heinley Chutters in Santa Monica, Calif. He lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years.
He became a sculptor, which was not only a hobby, but became his work for the next 30 years. He was very proud of a sculpture that he had sculpted for Doris Day of a big dog called "Biggest." He later moved back to Perry and has lived there since. He was also very fond of his pet dog and could often be seen walking his dog through Perry.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
February 15, 2006
Gale Eslick
Perry - March 31, 1928 - Feb. 4, 2006 - Gale (Dean) Eslick, 77, of Perry died Saturday Feb. 4, 2006 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry.
Services were held Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Burial was in Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry.
Memorials to the family may be left at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry.
Dean was born March 21, 1928 in Perry, the son of Reginald Everett Eslick and Fern Lucille Martin Eslick. He grew up in the Perry area and graduated from Perry High School with the Class of 1946. He worked as an office manager at Progressive Foundry in Perry. He then went to work as a construction time keeper for Neumann Construction Company, then as a traffic manager for Heinley Chutters in Santa Monica, Calif. He lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years.
He became a sculptor, which was not only a hobby, but became his work for the next 30 years. He was very proud of a sculpture that he had sculpted for Doris Day of a big dog called "Biggest." He later moved back to Perry and has lived there since. He was also very fond of his pet dog and could often be seen walking his dog through Perry.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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