Willa Dean Lauruhn (Dean) – Obituary

by Lynn McMillen
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 Willa Dean Lauruhn (Dean) passed away September 10, 2018 at Lincoln-Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville, TN, four hours before her 81st birthday.

Born September 11, 1937 to the late George Higgins and Mattie Lou Stewart in Fayetteville, Tennessee.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Bruce J. Lauruhn; sister, Naomi Wallace; nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and nephews, great-grand-nieces and nephews and great great grand nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Melvin and Wilburn and sisters, Vilda, Priscilla, Martha, and Mildred.

She attended grade school at Howell Hill and graduated from Flintville High School in 1955. After graduation, Willa, known mostly as Dean or Aunt Dean, attended nursing training at the Lincoln County Hospital where she also worked for a few years. After marriage in 1965, she was a homemaker living in Milwaukee, WI for ten years. In 1975, they moved to Nashville, TN where they lived until 2001 after which they moved back to her hometown of Fayetteville, Tennessee. She enjoyed flower gardening and had some very nice azaleas, dogwoods, wisteria and lilies in Nashville. It was not unusual for her husband to come home from work and have to dig some holes to plant a shrub or tree. The beauty of her backyard in Nashville is what sold her home there so quickly. She also must have paid attention to her momma because she was an excellent cook when first married. She was a member of The Church of Christ

Funeral service will be at Higgins Funeral Home on Friday September 14, 2018 at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Bro. James Strope will conduct the service.

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