Palestine High School Alumni Association

04 / 24 / 1937  –  05 / 10 / 1997

Services for Hulan Deel, 60, of Palestine, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Roselawn Park with the Rev. William Snidow officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home.

Mr. Deel died Saturday at Memorial Mother Frances Hospital.

He was born in Palestine on April 24, 1937, to Claud C. and Sarah Jewel Kersh Deel.

He was a member of Norwood Heights Baptist Church. He worked 29 years for Glass Containers, retired from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Powledge Unit and fought a battle with heart disease for a number of years.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Glenn Deel of Palestine; mother, Jewel Deel of Palestine; daughter, Lisa Jett of Palestine; son, Darrell Deel of Tennessee Colony; sisters, Frances Kohler of Bois D’arc, Billie Campbell of Frankston and Ruby Tillman of Denson Springs; brothers, Johnie Deel of Baytown and Claud Deel of Snyder; and three grandchildren.

Condolence calls will be received from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the building fund at Norwood Heights Baptist Church.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 05-11-1997