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Robert “Bob” Dehn
Robert “Bob” Dehn, age 71, passed away at the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center on March 16, 2021.
A “Celebration of Life” open house will be held from 1 to 4 pm on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at the Mat-Su School District Administration Building, 501 N Gulkana, Palmer, Alaska. A service will be held on June 8, 2021, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 950 East Washington St., Lebanon, Indiana.
In lieu of flowers, donations will be gratefully accepted to the Bob Dehn Challenge Alaska Ski Trip Fund. This fund will enable Mat-Su special needs students to access bus transportation for a yearly field trip to ski with an adaptive ski program at Alyeska Ski Resort. Bob loved “his” bus kids, and this will be a wonderful legacy from Bob to them. Please donate directly to: www.matsuk12.us/BobDehn, or make your checks out to the Mat-Su School District, with “Bob Dehn” in the memo, and mail them to: Mat-Su School District, Attn: Carmel Dehn, 501 N Gulkana, Palmer, AK 99645.