Frederick E. Dehmer

On December 17 2025. God called Frederick E. Dehmer, III home. He joins his wife Gail J. (MacDonald); his sister Mary and her husband Joseph Santos. His mother, Anna, father Fred and step-mother Kay (Dembitski) Dehmer were all called before him.

He is survived by his son Mark Edsel MacDonald Dehmer; his chosen children by heart and soul, Christine and John Conklin. He also leaves Anthony Manibusan and Linda Trites. His nephew; Stephen Santos; a niece Lori Santro (Santos) and her husband Jim Chambers; his niece, Kelly Carrol (Foxworth) and her husband Paul Carrol and a multitude of grand nieces and nephews great-grand nieces and nephews

Fred was born in Cambridge, MA on March 30 1937. He loved his home city. His true passion in his formative years were the boy Scouts where he reached top honors of Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow. It was in the scouts where he started collecting stamps. That morphed into a passion of any and all historical collectibles. And he became a living encyclopedia of world history.

Fred graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School where he was a standout football player and track and field athlete. He was voted senior class President and Prom King.

Fred joined the Army in 1956 where he was deployed until 1959 as a cryptographer.

He then joined the Polaroid Corporation. At the same time, he going to Dean College in Franklin MA for his engineering degree. He also met the love of his life, Gail, and was getting married and starting a family. He was the first in his family to earn a college degree.

They moved to Bellingham, MA in 1965 where Fred lived till his passing.

The one true thing Fred will be remembered for is his charitable nature to all he met. If anybody needed help, Fred was there with his checkbook or his contacts. Veterans organizations were his life's legacy. His estate will be donated to various veterans groups and a scholarship fund at the Bellingham High School.

If you would like to honor Fred, please live by the question he wants to be his legacy, "What have you done for your fellow man ?".

No will be no public funeral services. Private family burial at a later date at the Massachusetts National Cemetery.