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Natalie Kim Dean

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Natalie Kim Dean

Birth
Death
21 Dec 1961 (aged 2–3)
Burial
Fort Plain, Montgomery County, New York, USA Add to Map
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OBITUARY FOR
NATALIE KIM DEAN
AMSTERDAM EVENING RECORDER, AMSTERDAM N.Y.
Friday, December 22, 1961
Falls Through Thin Ice, Girl 3, Drowns Near Ft. Plain
A three-year-old upcounty4 girl was drowned yesterday afternoon when she broke through thin ice covering Otsquago Creek near Fort Plain, and the victim's aunt was hospitalized with shock and exposure, suffered when she entered the icy water in a futile rescue attempt. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department Identified the young victim as Natalie Kim Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dean of Canajoharie R.D." 2. Mrs. Dean had given birth to another daughter only three days ago in Little Falls hospital. Natalie was visiting a*t the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lisco at Valley Brook, just west of Fort Plain, while the mother was in the hospital. The Dean girl and the Lisco children were playing at the rear of the Lisco home when one of the children ran into the house and told Mrs. Lisco that the Dean girl had fallen through the ice. Mrs. Lisco, who Is expecting another child, plunged neck deep Into the creek to try to rescue the little victim but was unable to find her. Fort Plain police and firemen, Montgomery County Investigator John Warn and Deputy William Wert were summoned and began a search for the body. Two skin divers, Robert Hoffman of Fort Plain and Archie Stewart of Johnstown, the latter obtained from the Fulton County Sheriff's Department, also aided in the search. The body was recovered about S p.m. by George Patterson, a Fort Plain fireman. In four feet of water about 10 feet from shore. The spot was a short distance downstream from where the girl had broken through. Dr. Stanley Potter of Fort Plain acting as coroner's physician issued a verdict of accidental death due to drowning. Mrs. Lisco was admitted to Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown for treatment of shock and exposure. She was last reported in good condition. Otsquago Creek runs along Route 80 West of Fort Plain and about 300 yards, behind the Lisco home. Only a thin layer of ice covered the creek yesterday. The young victim of yesterday's accident was born in Little Falls on April 17, 1958. a daughter of Fred and Barbara Regel Dean. Besides her parents, she is survived by, two brothers, Fred Jr. and Allen: a sister, Sherrie Lynn, born Tuesday: her paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dean. Canajoharie R.D.; her maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Regel. Fort Plain: great-grandparents, Mrs. Rose Dunckel, Fort Plain, Mrs. Alida Martin. Johnstown. Marvin Re^el. Fort Plain, and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hoffman. Fort Plain: also several aunts, uncles, and cousins. Services will bo conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Gray Funeral home in Fort Plain, with the Rev. Richard Rieger of St. Paul's Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Fort Plain Cemetery.

FUNERAL TOMORROW
FT. PLAIN - The funeral of Natalie Kim Dean, 3, of Canajoharie, who drowned Thursday on Otsquago Creek, will be at 2:30 tomorrow from the Gray Funeral Home. She was born in Little Falls Hospital, daughter of Frederick H. Dean Jr. and Barbara Regal Dean. Besides her parents, she leaves two brothers, Frederick III and Allen Thomas, a sister, Sherrie Lynn, all of Canajoharie RD2, her grandparents, Mr. And Mrs.Frederick Dean Sr., of Canajoharie, and Mr. And Mrs. Laverne Regal, Ft. Plain; her great-grandparents, Mrs. Rose Dunkel, Marvin Regal and Mr. And Mrs. Rufus Hoffman, all of Ft. Plain, and Ms. Alida Martin, Johnstown. The Rev. Richard Reiger, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, will officiate at the funeral. Burial will be in Ft. Plain Cemetery.
OBITUARY FOR
NATALIE KIM DEAN
AMSTERDAM EVENING RECORDER, AMSTERDAM N.Y.
Friday, December 22, 1961
Falls Through Thin Ice, Girl 3, Drowns Near Ft. Plain
A three-year-old upcounty4 girl was drowned yesterday afternoon when she broke through thin ice covering Otsquago Creek near Fort Plain, and the victim's aunt was hospitalized with shock and exposure, suffered when she entered the icy water in a futile rescue attempt. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department Identified the young victim as Natalie Kim Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dean of Canajoharie R.D." 2. Mrs. Dean had given birth to another daughter only three days ago in Little Falls hospital. Natalie was visiting a*t the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lisco at Valley Brook, just west of Fort Plain, while the mother was in the hospital. The Dean girl and the Lisco children were playing at the rear of the Lisco home when one of the children ran into the house and told Mrs. Lisco that the Dean girl had fallen through the ice. Mrs. Lisco, who Is expecting another child, plunged neck deep Into the creek to try to rescue the little victim but was unable to find her. Fort Plain police and firemen, Montgomery County Investigator John Warn and Deputy William Wert were summoned and began a search for the body. Two skin divers, Robert Hoffman of Fort Plain and Archie Stewart of Johnstown, the latter obtained from the Fulton County Sheriff's Department, also aided in the search. The body was recovered about S p.m. by George Patterson, a Fort Plain fireman. In four feet of water about 10 feet from shore. The spot was a short distance downstream from where the girl had broken through. Dr. Stanley Potter of Fort Plain acting as coroner's physician issued a verdict of accidental death due to drowning. Mrs. Lisco was admitted to Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown for treatment of shock and exposure. She was last reported in good condition. Otsquago Creek runs along Route 80 West of Fort Plain and about 300 yards, behind the Lisco home. Only a thin layer of ice covered the creek yesterday. The young victim of yesterday's accident was born in Little Falls on April 17, 1958. a daughter of Fred and Barbara Regel Dean. Besides her parents, she is survived by, two brothers, Fred Jr. and Allen: a sister, Sherrie Lynn, born Tuesday: her paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dean. Canajoharie R.D.; her maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Regel. Fort Plain: great-grandparents, Mrs. Rose Dunckel, Fort Plain, Mrs. Alida Martin. Johnstown. Marvin Re^el. Fort Plain, and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hoffman. Fort Plain: also several aunts, uncles, and cousins. Services will bo conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Gray Funeral home in Fort Plain, with the Rev. Richard Rieger of St. Paul's Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Fort Plain Cemetery.

FUNERAL TOMORROW
FT. PLAIN - The funeral of Natalie Kim Dean, 3, of Canajoharie, who drowned Thursday on Otsquago Creek, will be at 2:30 tomorrow from the Gray Funeral Home. She was born in Little Falls Hospital, daughter of Frederick H. Dean Jr. and Barbara Regal Dean. Besides her parents, she leaves two brothers, Frederick III and Allen Thomas, a sister, Sherrie Lynn, all of Canajoharie RD2, her grandparents, Mr. And Mrs.Frederick Dean Sr., of Canajoharie, and Mr. And Mrs. Laverne Regal, Ft. Plain; her great-grandparents, Mrs. Rose Dunkel, Marvin Regal and Mr. And Mrs. Rufus Hoffman, all of Ft. Plain, and Ms. Alida Martin, Johnstown. The Rev. Richard Reiger, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, will officiate at the funeral. Burial will be in Ft. Plain Cemetery.


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