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John Paul Dempsey, age 76, died Thursday, October 7, 1999 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. He was born in New York City on January 16, 1923. His parents were William Austin Dempsey Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Malone-Dempsey. He graduated from Hollywood High School in 1939, and the University of California Los Angeles with a Bachelors of Arts in 1952. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force from June 1942 to May 1954 in the European Theater. Based in England, he completed 35 B-17 missions over Nazi occupied Europe as the Lead navigator of the 8th Air Force Bombardment Group. He married Margaret Mary Tatman in Kansas City Missouri in June 1949. They lived in Los Angeles, Hollywood and North Hollywood California, before settling in Thousand Oaks California where they resided for 29 years. They had three children, Michael, Mary and Sean Dempsey. John worked for various California aeroscope companies as a production and scheduling engineer for 40 years, including Stainless Steel Products, Lockheed, and most recently Rocket Dyne where he worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engines. He retired in 1988. John was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret in August 1990; his son, Sean in June 1992; and his brother, William Austin Dempsey III in September 1991. John moved to Albuquerque in June of 1996 to be closer to his son; daughter-in-law; grandchildren and sister-in-law. John is survived by his daughter, Mary Dempsey of Thousand Oaks, California; his son, Michael Dempsey; daughter-in-law, Sharla Dempsey; his grandchildren, Erin and Ian Dempsey of Los Alamos New Mexico; his sister-in-law, Eva"Taffy" Gibney of Albuquerque, New Mexico; his sister, Pat Burton and her husband, Capt. Herbert Burton of New Bern, North Carolina; his sister, Winifred Dempsey of Torrance California; his best friends of 63 years, Herman and Polly Alevy of Lakewood, California; and many other close relatives and friends. All his life John was a proponent of equal rights for all people, he was a member of the NAACP, and an avid reader. He greatly enjoyed visiting with his large family, and spent most of his vacations taking his vacations taking his wife and children to see their relatives all across the United States. Visitations will be tomorrow from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Alamdea Mortuary. A rosary will be recited tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. also at the Chapel of Alameda Mortuary. Funeral Services will be Monday morning October 11, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Alameda Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Hope Pregnancy Center, 3500 Trinity Drive, Los Alamos, NM 87544. Services entrusted to Alameda Mortuary 9420 4th St. N.W. Norbert R. Baldonado Jr. F.S.I.
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