Elaine Dever

April 14, 1921 - August 20, 2011

Elaine E. Dever Elaine E. Dever, age 90 passed away at Ebeid Hospice Center in Sylvania surrounded by her family. She was born April 14, 1921 to John and Anna (Rupp) Bueter. She was a 1939 graduate of Central Catholic High School where she was active in the Chi Alpha Tau sorority. After graduation she worked for the Ohio Bell Telephone Company as a long distance operator. She met her future husband Thomas “Tim” Dever, a native of Philadelphia at the Rainbow Room Lounge in downtown Toledo while he was in town visiting a friend. They were wed at Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Philadelphia on June 29, 1946. After returning to Toledo, they settled in West Toledo where together they raised four children. In addition to her duties raising a family Elaine was very active at Blessed Sacrament Church and school where she was a volunteer room mother and helped establish the school's first audio visual department. She was also a member of the Holy Rosary Society. In 1973 she returned to Central Catholic as a volunteer and in 1974 was appointed the Auxiliary Services Program Supervisor, a position she held until her retirement in 1985. For many years she organized reunions for the Central Catholic Class of '39 and was pleased to have been able to attend her 70th reunion in 2009. A devout Catholic, one of the great moments of her life was to have a private audience with Pope John Paul II on a trip to Rome in 1986. Elaine was a devoted wife and mother and she will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Robert, Euthalia and Madonna and son in law Jim Turner. She is survived by her daughter Patricia Turner, sons Daniel (Kathryn), Thomas and Timothy (Christine) Dever and beloved grandchildren Tim, Jack, Jen and Tom Dever, Rory Turner and Kara (Todd) Moore. She was to become a Great Grandmother in October. Friends are invited to visit from 2:00-8:00pm on Monday in the Ansberg-West Funeral Home where the Rosary will be recited at 7:00pm. Prayers will begin in the funeral home at 9:30am on Tuesday and will be immediately followed by the Mass of the Resurrection at 10:00am at Blessed Sacrament Church. Rev. Robert Reinhart Officiant. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery. Honorary donations can be made to Central Catholic High School. www.ansberg-west.com