DEAN A. PHELPS, age 82 of Las Cruces left this world on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at La Posada - Mesilla Valley Hospice. He was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and a past member of MENSA International. The majority of his work career was spent in radio management and sales. Dean had a lifelong interest in art, was an avid reader of espionage thrillers, and a parishioner at St. Albert The Great Newman Center. He will be deeply missed by family and friends.

He is survived by his wife of almost 50 years, Denise Phelps of the family home; his son, Dean Phelps, Jr. of Los Angeles, California; daughter, Kathleen Schroeder of Pismo Beach, California, as well as two grandchildren, Zachary and Braeden.

Preceding him in death was his sister, Diane Phelps and a brother, Gordon Phelps . . . .

(Excerpted from an obituary published in the Las Cruces Sun-News on May 17, 2017)