Dean, Samuel E., Sr.

Samuel E. Dean, Sr. Soundex Code D500

Samuel E. Dean, Sr. started out in the cheese business started producing evaporated milk in Rockford, Illinois and later moved the firm to Franklin Park, Illinois. He then founded the Dean Foods Company.

Samuel E. Dean, Sr., founder of Dean Milk Company, 3600 N. River Road, Franklin Park, Illinois.

His son Samuel E. Dean Jr. took over as president when his father died in 1946.

Chicago Tribune, Friday, March 14, 1975, page C4

Samuel E. Dean, Sr., Wednesday, March 12, 1975, of Oak Brook, Illinois, husband of Dorothy Rich Dean; father of or Dixie Dean Sparks, nee: Dixie Dean and J. Allen Dean; grandfather of nine; brother of Mrs. Helen Dean Grumhaus, nee: Helen Dean, Howard M. Dean, Mrs. Patricia Dean Rockwood, nee: Patricia Dean, and the late Stuart Dean. Services and interment private; In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to your favorite charity.