Deane Lavon Tooley
March 24, 1919 ~ June 5, 2008
Deane Lavon Tooley, 89, died Thursday, June 5, 2008, in Monrovia, California. A native of Monroe County, she was the daughter of the late Lan Daw and Dona Brown High. She grew up on the family farm in the Forkton Community of Monroe County, graduated as Valedictorian of her class at Tompkinsville High School then she and her husband, Harley, also a Monroe County native, moved to Southern California in 1958.
Deane is survived by 5 children, Jerry Tooley of Arizona, Sharon Smith of Parumph, NV, Harley Tooley of Ontario, CA, Patti Shiber of Monrovia and Eddie Tooley of Glendale, CA; two sisters-in-law, Pauline High and Neva Nell High both of Tompkinsville; 17 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harley Tooley; two sons, Larry Tooley and Terry Tooley; six brothers, Arvo High, Earl High, Oral High, Oval High, Morris High and Dave High; three grandchildren.
A celebration of Deane’s life will take place 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at the Forest Lawn Glendale’s Little Church of the Flowers. Burial will be in the Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery, Glendale, California.