Douglas W. Deans, age 68 of Billings, MT passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019 at a Billings, Montana hospital.

Visitation will start at noon followed by a Service of Remembrance on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Prince of Peace Chapel of Evanson Jensen Funeral Homes in Lemmon, SD.  Rev. Florence Hoff will officiate and a time of fellowship and refreshments will follow at the Funeral Home.

Douglas Wayne Deans was born July 27, 1951 at Ekalaka, MT to Harold & Marie (Hill) Deans, joining his 3 older brothers in the family. The family moved later that year to a ranch near Gopher, SD not far from Isabel. At the age of 5 he welcomed sister Jeannie to the family. Doug attended Tip-Top school at Gopher through 6th grade, and later after the family moved to the ranch at Keldron, SD he attended 2 years at Thunder Hawk, SD. He graduated in 1969 from Lemmon High School.  Doug married Jeanette Corcoran after graduation and they welcomed a daughter Kimberly to the family the following year. He worked in Billings, MT as a truck driver for Jeanette's uncle for a time, and later went to barber school and worked as a hair stylist in Tacoma, WA and later in Sedona, AZ. He moved back to the ranch at Keldron, living there until moving to Lemmon in 2008. Doug was first and foremost an artist and over the years painted pictures and worked in wood sculpting. He created some beautiful artistic pieces that his family will always treasure.  Due to kidney failure in 2015 he moved to Billings, MT to begin dialysis and be near his daughter and grandchildren.

He is survived by daughter Kimberly (John) Erbacher, 4 grandchildren, Emily, Josh, Zac and Ben of Billings, MT; 4 siblings, Dennis (Janet) Deans, Santa Clarita, CA; Bill Deans, Rapid City, Joe (Myrna) Deans, Lemmon, SD; and Jeannie (Calvin) Ericsson, Lemmon, SD, aunt Loretta (Hill) Buckles, Rapid City, SD; aunt Linda Deans, Santa Ana, CA, aunt Kay Hill, Sacramento, CA and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death are his parents, Harold & Marie Deans, grandparents, numerous uncles and aunts. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established.