NORMAN DEAN TRUBEE
Norman Dean Trubee, b April 7, 1928 in Cameron, Milam County, Texas - was a son
of Dr. Leroy Adolph and Essie Lee (Dean) Trubee, of Rosebud, Falls, County,
Texas. Norman Dean Trubee (called "Dean") was a charter member of Cub Scout Pack
#214 and Boy Scout Troop #51, in Rosebud. Later, he was the organizer and
charter post advisor of the Explorer Post, #51. Dean graduated in 1945 from
Rosebud High School, and attended Temple Junior College while working as a
service station attendant and bookkeeper for J. M. Ligon. He became a Texas
Company Consignee after his graduation from T.J.C.
On June 6, 1951, Dean was married to Mary Elizabeth Holtkamp at the first
Methodist Church in Rosebud - the first wedding in the new church building.
Officiating at the ceremony was Dean's half-brother, Reverend Franklin Leroy
Trubee of Ohio. Mary Elizabeth was born July 22,1932 - a daughter of Adolph
Richard and Hertha (Mesecke) Holtkamp, of the Ocker Community in Bell County,
Texas. She was a 1949 graduate of Rosebud High School, and a 1951 graduate of
Temple Junior College.
After their marriage, Dean purchased the Sinclair Station in Rosebud, and Mary
worked at the Rosebud Telephone Company for Fred Rector. Later they moved to
Corpus Christi, where Dean was employed by Montgomery Ward. Subsequently, they
lived in Houston and La Grange, where, on October 28, 1960, Dean be- came a
Master Mason of the Lafayette Masonic Lodge #34. After living in Dallas for
three years, the family returned to Rosebud, Falls County, Texas, with their
five children. Currently Dean owns and operates a distributorship for Morton
Food Company in Cameron, where they are members of the First Methodist Church,
and members of the Cameron Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary.
The five children of Norman Dean and Mary Elizabeth (Holtkamp) Trubee were:
Norman Dean Trubee, Jr., b August 9,1953 in Nueces County, Texas - married
August 8, 1972 to Donna Beth Logan. They have Donna Jill and Alton Glynn Trubee
and reside in Leander, Texas.
Mary Patricia Trubee, b May 25, 1957 in Houston, Harris County, Texas - married
July 4, 1984 to Chester Russell, and they live in Austin, Texas.
Richard Leroy Trubee, b March 27, 1959 in Houston, Texas - married April 16,
1983 to Laverne Emily Vansa, and they live in Cameron, Texas.
Michelle Cheri Trubee, b October 11, 1962 in Fayette County, Texas - resides in
Round Rock, Texas.
Timothy Neal Trubee, b January 28, 1965 in Dallas County, Texas - resides in
Waco, Texas.
Copyright
Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these
Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 459 column 2 and page 460 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.