Funeral Mass: will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at Grace Bible Church in Miles City.
Interment: will follow in the Custer County Cemetery with full military honors provided by VFW Post 1579.
Nikki Eli Dean, age 31, of Miles City passed away Saturday, April 28, 2007 as a result of an auto accident.
Nikki was born on January 8, 1976 in Miles City, the son of George and Linda (Roberts) Dean. He attended schools in Miles City and graduated from Custer County District High School in 1995. Following graduation, he began working for Western Industries for a number of years. Looking for adventure, he went to Alaska where we worked as an Alaskan king crab fisherman. He later entered the US Navy where he wanted to become a sports medicine doctor but was later honorably discharged. He began working for a pit lining company in South Dakota, which took him to Grand Forks, and later to Big Horn Tire in Gillette then to Marathon Oil where he worked as a graph designer then onto Hettinger Welding as a welding supervisor all in Gillette.
Nikki was a spontaneous adventurous person. He enjoyed mountain biking, hunting, camping, snowboarding, paddle fishing, paragliding and golfing. He was a very caring and giving person who enjoyed spending time with his friends and family. Nikki also had a firebird and a SUV which he loved.
Nikki is survived by his parents, George and Linda Dean of Miles City, MT; four brothers: Greg Dean of Cortez, UT; Chris (Kelley) Dean of Wright, WY; Casey Dean of Miles City, MT; Jordan Dean of Miles City, MT; a sister, Alysia Dean of Billings, MT; his nieces and nephews: Jessie, Ahren,Mykenzee, Arian and Jace; his grandparents: Vera (John) Ironman of Poplar, MT; Tresea (Kenneth) Smoker of Poplar, MT; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandparents: Kendall and Gracy Dean.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the family and may be sent to 1717 Main, Miles City, MT 59301.
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BM2(SW) Collins, Teresa USNR says
It breaks my heart to know that Dean was taken from us so early! Only God knows. He had a work ethic of a 100 strong, hard working, kind, generous, happy go lucky spirit, dependable, dedicated, committed, accountable, & just a responsible young man that I had the pleasure of knowing & sometimes supervising. “He was his own man”🙏🏽
RIP Seaman(Captain Dean)
S/LPO of 1st Division Deck, Teresa
Chris Hunsberger says
Nikki Dean,
Always had some of the best stories to tell. He had a for burning inside him that no man could extinguish. It was an honor to serve with him and know him as a friend. Fair winds and following seas, Nikki.
Hunsberger