Madison, Alabama
Feb 17, 1923 – Feb 17, 2018 (Age 95)
When your 95th Birthday is the best one of your life because you enter joy everlasting with Jesus, what a gift! Colonel (Ret) Dean DeWitt Bekken of Huntsville, Alabama, passed away on February 17, 2018. To his beloved family, he was affectionately known as Pop. Dean was born and raised in the...
Read MoreIt was always fun to banter with the Colonel. We, Betty Jo and me, would end up laughing with him. Rest in peace, my friend.
Norma Jensen
February 28, 2018 | Meridianville,, AL
I am a graduate of Johnson High School, 1978 and your dad was always one of my favorites. I happen to have the luck of running in to him at a local (now closed) restaurant called Victoria's a few years back. He was feared, but loved by all his students. I know you will miss him but rejoice in his presence with the Savior. Jimmy Lehman
February 26, 2018
Andrew: I know how close you and your Dad were. You are in my family's prayers. TEE
Tom Ellis
February 26, 2018 | Birmingham, AL | Friend
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Tom Ellis
February 26, 2018
My condolences to the family (especially my friends Dean Jr. and Anne), with fond memories of this excellent high school teacher. It is a joy to know I will see him again in glory!
Diane (Price) Reichmann, JOJ Class of '80
Diane Reichmann
February 26, 2018 | Chattanooga, TN
Mr. Bekken was an inspirational teacher. I still remember the lessons he taught us. May God bless his family and friends during this time of loss.
Kimberly Barnes Quinn
February 25, 2018 | Huntsville, AL
Mr. Bekken was a wonderful inspiration. I still remember the lessons he taught us in economics. May God bless you during this time of loss.
Kimberly Barnes Quinn
February 25, 2018
Col. Bekken was not only my teacher, but my boss during the summers at the Arsenal. I learned a lot from him in the classroom and through work. I always looked forward to him showing up for his rounds at the pools, but was also a little scared!! My last summer working for him, I received a bonus on my last check with a notation guard of the summer. He never said anything about it...it was just there! Until that day, I wasn't sure if he thought I did a good job. It's one of my all time...
Suzette Murline (Massengill)
February 25, 2018 | Class Of 87
"Tomorrow" was always the day he would begin his diet. Dean was serious and funny. I taught with him until his retirement. He cared for his students at Johnson High school and the students respected him. As far as I know, this was his first teaching job and he relished it. I tried to keep up with him after I moved to Texas, but we lost touch. I know where you are now.
Dean, forget the diet and enjoy being with Carolyn.
A colleague,
Bobbie Taylo
Bobbie Taylo
February 25, 2018 | Atlanta, TX
