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.  
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