JOHN C. DEWEY WAS OUR NEIGHBOR WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN DANVILLE,ILLINOIS. HIS PARENTS WERE FRED AND MARIA BURNETT,DEWEY. JOHN WAS BORN IN ST.ANNE,ILLINOIS. JOHN WAS A RETIRED DANVILLE,ILLINOIS POLICEMAN. HE JOINED THE DANVILLE,ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MAY OF 1925 AND SERVED UNTIL 1931. HE REJOINED THE FORCE IN 1936 AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1951. HIS SERVICE HE WAS UNDER 5 DIFFERENT MAYORS IN DANVILLE,ILLINOIS CLAUDE MADDEN AND HENRY HULCE AND FRANK P. MEYER AND DON WILSON AND GIRTH HICKS. HE WORKED AT WESTERN BRICK COMPANY BEFORE HE WAS A POLICEMAN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT BROWNING FIXTURE COMPANY FROM 1931-1936. AN AVID SPORTS FAN HE WAS OWNER OF THE DANVILLE GYM OVER THE OLD PALMER BANK AND COACHED SEVERAL BOXING TEAMS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RIFLE CLUB OF DANVILLE,ILLINOIS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HIS WIFE DAISY DIED IN MAY OF 1973. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON JACK DEWEY OF DANVILLE,ILLINOIS AND A DAUGHTER LULABELLE NAEGLE OF WICHITA, KANSAS, 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 10 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. BURIAL IS IN SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY IN DANVILLE,ILLINOIS.
JOHN C. DEWEY WAS OUR NEIGHBOR WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN DANVILLE,ILLINOIS. HIS PARENTS WERE FRED AND MARIA BURNETT,DEWEY. JOHN WAS BORN IN ST.ANNE,ILLINOIS. JOHN WAS A RETIRED DANVILLE,ILLINOIS POLICEMAN. HE JOINED THE DANVILLE,ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MAY OF 1925 AND SERVED UNTIL 1931. HE REJOINED THE FORCE IN 1936 AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1951. HIS SERVICE HE WAS UNDER 5 DIFFERENT MAYORS IN DANVILLE,ILLINOIS CLAUDE MADDEN AND HENRY HULCE AND FRANK P. MEYER AND DON WILSON AND GIRTH HICKS. HE WORKED AT WESTERN BRICK COMPANY BEFORE HE WAS A POLICEMAN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT BROWNING FIXTURE COMPANY FROM 1931-1936. AN AVID SPORTS FAN HE WAS OWNER OF THE DANVILLE GYM OVER THE OLD PALMER BANK AND COACHED SEVERAL BOXING TEAMS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RIFLE CLUB OF DANVILLE,ILLINOIS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HIS WIFE DAISY DIED IN MAY OF 1973. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON JACK DEWEY OF DANVILLE,ILLINOIS AND A DAUGHTER LULABELLE NAEGLE OF WICHITA, KANSAS, 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 10 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. BURIAL IS IN SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY IN DANVILLE,ILLINOIS.
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