Philip F. Deaver

The St. Francis High School community would like to extend our condolences to the Deaver family on the passing of former teacher Dr. Philip F. Deaver.


Philip Deaver passed away on April 29, 2018. Funeral Home Services for Philip are being provided by Woodlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home of Gotha, FL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_F._Deaver
Deaver was born in Chicago, and grew up in Tuscola, Illinois. Following high school, Deaver attended St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, where he majored in English literature. Deaver married in 1968, and taught in 1968-69 at St. Francis High School, Wheaton, Illinois. In the summer of 1969, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and stationed in Frankfurt, Germany.

Following military service, Deaver worked in a Model Cities program in Indianapolis. He received consecutive Charles Stewart Mott Fellowships, resulting in a master's degree in Education at Ball State University and a Doctorate from the University of Virginia.

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