Gary S. Dearen
FORT WORTH -- Gary Samuel Dearen, 58, an insurance executive, president and founder of Frontier General Insurance and president of Wellington Insurance Company, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 1997, in Fort Worth.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Officiating: Rev. Terry Boggs.

Memorials: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas Renal Cell Cancer Research Fund of Dr. J. Ellerhorst, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 13, Houston, Texas 77030, or St. Matthews Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 5709 Granbury Road, Fort Worth 76133.

Pallbearers: Steve Ferguson, William E. Geer, Al Johnston, Bob Robinson, Bob Sprosty and Gary Stasey.

Gary Dearen was born Nov. 4, 1938, in Blue Grove, Texas. He received a BBA from Texas Tech University in Lubbock and an MBA from Texas Christian University. Following college, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He was preceded in death by his father, Ira Lee Dearen.

Survivors: Wife of 37 years, Nan Dearen; daughters, LeeAnne Wright and her husband, Blake, and Laura Dearen, all of Dallas; mother, Anne Opal Dearen of Pampa; brother, Dr. Dan Dearen of Tucson, Ariz.; sister, Ernestine Collier of Childress; grandmother, Hazel Dearen of Henrietta; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and other family members; and a vast number of friends.

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