C. Dean SALVESON 1930 - 2003 SHS 1947
OBITUARIES - THE SHERIDAN PRESS - November 22 2003 Sheridan native and former Parkman resident C. Dean Salveson, 73, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003, in Rockport, Texas, after a lengthy battle with cancer, the family announced.

His ashes will be placed by his great-grandmother Ebaugh in the Ebaugh family cemetery in Birney, Mont., in the spring.

Mr. Salveson was born March 10, 1930, in Sheridan to Clarence Siverine Salveson and Hazel LaDean Kobold Salveson.

He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1947 and moved to Casper, where he became a firefighter. He also was a sign painter, starting the Bar D sign shop with Bob Barkdoll, and worked at the Texaco refinery.

He created signs throughout Wyoming that still stand. He became a designer in the advertising field and moved to Denver. He was a member and past master of the Masonic Lodge in Casper and belonged to the Shrine Club in Denver.

He traveled nationally and internationally for more than 35 years as a square dance caller and made several records. He called many years at the Lodore lodge in Story.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Roberta "Bobbie Lee" Salveson Ross of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Survivors include his wife, June; a son, Ronald Dean, and daughter, Michelle Salveson Starkey, both of Casper; a stepson, Ken McMann of Colorado; a stepdaughter, Julie McMann Carr of Golden, Colo.;10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

In Saturday's obituary for C. Dean Salveson, survivors should have included a son, Ken McMann of Colorado, and a daughter, Julie McMann Carr of Golden, Colo. They were incorrectly listed as stepson and stepdaughter based on information submitted to The Press.