Former Sandy resident Dean William Klein, age 78, died Sunday, April 26 at his home in Portland, Oregon.
A graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm, Thursday, April 30th at Sandy Ridge Cemetery on Highway 211.
Dean was born August 18, 1936 in Gregory, South Dakota to Martha Elizabeth and Richard George Klein. In December 1936 when Dean was just 4 months old his parents moved with him to Sandy, Oregon.
Dean attended Sandy Ridge grade school for grades 1-3. He graduated from Sandy grade in 1951 and from Sandy high school in 1955.
During high school Dean joined the Air National Guard from which he received an honorable discharge after fulfilling his obligation.
After finishing school Dean worked for the US Forest Service at Bear Springs ranger station on Mt Hood.
On August 25, 1956 Dean married Joyce McCormick in Sandy, Oregon. They moved to Portland, Oregon where he worked at East side tool & die for 6 years. Then he went to work for Meadowland Dairy processing plant. When they closed the plant he moved to Sunshine Dairy where he made and froze ice cream until he retired at age 57.
Dean had many hobbies. He enjoyed finding antique clocks and repairing and refurbishing them. He enjoyed finding old cars and tractors and restoring them to original. He also had G gauge toy trains that he had fun playing with. Dean also had a custom printing business. He printed for a number of businesses around the area.
Dean was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Martha Klein of Sandy, Oregon.
Survivors include his wife Joyce of Portland Oregon, his two daughters Monica Griffith of Portland, Oregon and Melody Oliver of Sandy, Oregon, 4 granddaughters, Angela Cowell, Cindy Ayres, Elliette and Etienne Oliver and one grandson Conor Oliver