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Dean Aird Metz

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Dean Aird Metz

Birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Nov 2011 (aged 75)
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Wayne, Wayne County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Wayne, NE. Professor of Physics at Wayne State College. He died Tuesday at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, IA. Dean is survived by his wife, Sandra; children, Monica (Rosito) Calaroa, of Ellicott City, MD, Matthew (Julie) Metz of Portland, OR, and Andrew (Jodi) Metz of Loudonville, NY; four grandchildren, Hannah Metz, Genevieve Metz, Emmanuel Calaroa, and Rosita Calaroa; brother, Clyde (Elaine) Metz of Warren, OH; cousins, Kinley Richard of Santa Clara, CA and Calvin (Karoline) Richard of Morgan Hill, CA; nieces and nephews.
MEMORIAL SERVICE First Presbyterian Church Wayne Saturday 11am. MEMORIAL VISITATION Saturday 10am until Service time at the church. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Wayne, Memorials to the family for designation at a later time. HASEMANN FUNERAL HOME
Wayne, NE 402-375-3100
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Thanks to contributor #46947260
Dean Aird Metz was born March 28, 1936, in Pittsburgh, Penn. to Clyde Vernon and Eleanor (Bardsley Aird) Metz. He graduated from Langley High School in Pittsburgh, Penn., class of 1954. He earned his BS-Physical Science and MS-Physics degrees from Arizona State (Tempe, Ariz.) in 1960 and 1965 respectively. He continued his post graduate studies at the University of South Dakota (Vermillion, S.D.).
Dean began his career teaching high school physics in Superior, Ariz. Dean met Sandra Lee Shrader at a National Science Foundation Math Institute at the University of Omaha in 1964. Dean married Sandra on Aug. 14, 1965, in Ewing. The couple lived in Montrose, Calif. and Huntington Beach, Calif. before moving to Wayne. Dean was a Professor of Physics for 36 years at Wayne State College and retired in 2003.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church where he served as an Elder and was the chair of the Pastor Nominating Committee. He was a member of the American Institute of Physics, the National Education Association / Nebraska State Education Association, the Masonic Lodge, the Wayne Energy Task Force and Wayne Board of Health. He was a Boy Scout, an Eagle Scout and continued working with Cub Scout Packs and Boy Scout Troops for many years. His multitude of interests included education, technology, football, woodworking, telling stories, and most of all his family.

Wayne, NE. Professor of Physics at Wayne State College. He died Tuesday at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, IA. Dean is survived by his wife, Sandra; children, Monica (Rosito) Calaroa, of Ellicott City, MD, Matthew (Julie) Metz of Portland, OR, and Andrew (Jodi) Metz of Loudonville, NY; four grandchildren, Hannah Metz, Genevieve Metz, Emmanuel Calaroa, and Rosita Calaroa; brother, Clyde (Elaine) Metz of Warren, OH; cousins, Kinley Richard of Santa Clara, CA and Calvin (Karoline) Richard of Morgan Hill, CA; nieces and nephews.
MEMORIAL SERVICE First Presbyterian Church Wayne Saturday 11am. MEMORIAL VISITATION Saturday 10am until Service time at the church. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Wayne, Memorials to the family for designation at a later time. HASEMANN FUNERAL HOME
Wayne, NE 402-375-3100
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Thanks to contributor #46947260
Dean Aird Metz was born March 28, 1936, in Pittsburgh, Penn. to Clyde Vernon and Eleanor (Bardsley Aird) Metz. He graduated from Langley High School in Pittsburgh, Penn., class of 1954. He earned his BS-Physical Science and MS-Physics degrees from Arizona State (Tempe, Ariz.) in 1960 and 1965 respectively. He continued his post graduate studies at the University of South Dakota (Vermillion, S.D.).
Dean began his career teaching high school physics in Superior, Ariz. Dean met Sandra Lee Shrader at a National Science Foundation Math Institute at the University of Omaha in 1964. Dean married Sandra on Aug. 14, 1965, in Ewing. The couple lived in Montrose, Calif. and Huntington Beach, Calif. before moving to Wayne. Dean was a Professor of Physics for 36 years at Wayne State College and retired in 2003.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church where he served as an Elder and was the chair of the Pastor Nominating Committee. He was a member of the American Institute of Physics, the National Education Association / Nebraska State Education Association, the Masonic Lodge, the Wayne Energy Task Force and Wayne Board of Health. He was a Boy Scout, an Eagle Scout and continued working with Cub Scout Packs and Boy Scout Troops for many years. His multitude of interests included education, technology, football, woodworking, telling stories, and most of all his family.



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  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80174674/dean_aird-metz: accessed ), memorial page for Dean Aird Metz (28 Mar 1936–8 Nov 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80174674, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Wayne, Wayne County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676).