Deane Brehm

(Zela) Deane was born January 28, 1936 in Mooreland, OK. After a number of years of poor health she passed away on August 14, 2016 in Spokane, WA. She was preceded in death by both her parents, Bryan and Opal Hines; her sisters Sina Miona “Ona” Saurenman and Trintjie Marcy; and her brother Henry Hines.
She is survived by her husband of 58 years Donald Glen Brehm of Spokane, WA; two sons and their wives: John and Lytza Brehm of Patterson, NY and Mitchel and Helen Brehm of Spokane, WA; her brother Gordon Hines of Jones, OK; as well as nephews and nieces.
After growing up on a small farm near her place of birth, Deane moved to Clinton, OK where she married Don Brehm on March 28, 1958. Later that same year (September 4, 1958) she graduated from Oklahoma General Hospital School of Nursing (Clinton, OK) as a Registered Nurse.
Deane was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses on May 14, 1948 and for more than 50 years she was actively involved with the Clinton Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She found great joy and happiness in telling others about her faith and in August 1996 attended a special two week school (“Pioneer Service School”) in Oklahoma City, OK to develop her Bible teaching skills. Over the years she conducted many one on one studies of the Bible with individuals in her community. She moved with her husband to Spokane, WA in September 2014 to be near their son and daughter-in-law. While living there she continued actively attending congregation meetings, conventions and assemblies of Jehovah’s Witnesses as well as publicly sharing her faith with others from door to door to the extent that her health permitted her to do so.
Deane loved everything in nature including the wide plains, rolling hills and wheat fields of Oklahoma. She traveled to and visited numerous national parks in the U.S. and Canada with her family. And she liked watching the birds eat from her backyard feeder. She especially enjoyed horses when she was young (she preferred riding on the range rather than cooking on one); and later in life found special delight in flowers, hummingbirds and the two cats that “adopted” her and her husband Don.
As a devoted daughter, wife, mother, mother-in-law, sister, aunt, caregiver, nurse, teacher, and best friend to those who had no friends at all, she devoted her whole life to putting others ahead of herself. Even when feeling her worst, she always managed to put on her signature smile whenever someone walked into the room. Those who loved her will miss her greatly, but they are confident they will see her again in an eathly paradise that Jehovah God has promised. At that time she will breathe the clean air deeply and enjoy endless, peaceful and youthful life for all eternity.
A Memorial service will be held in Spokane, WA this Saturday, August 20, with the Hillyard Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses at their Kingdom Hall, 2824 N. Lee Street, Spokane WA 99207. The service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Central time and will be tied in by telephone locally at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Clinton, located on the North I-40 Service Rd (Old Rt 66) one mile east of the Indian Hospital. All are welcome to attend. For more information or questions contact Joshua Holm at phone number (580) 302 3790. (Paid Obituary)