John Culver Deware, 83, of Palm City, Florida passed away on July 20, 2018 at his home.

Born in Lowell, Mass, he grew up in Hyannis on Cape Cod.

John attended University of New Hampshire, where he was Captain of the All American lacrosse team, a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, and a member of the US Air Force ROTC.

After graduation from UNH, he joined the Air Force attaining the rank of Captain.  He flew B-52 bombers on the Mediterranean run during the Cold War.

He was a Mortgage Banker in commercial real estate at Dorman & Wilson, White Plains, NY for 32 years, retiring as Executive Vice-President.

An avid skier for most of his life, he spent winters skiing in Vermont and in the Rockies, and loved boating on Long Island Sound and along the New England coastline.

He had been a resident of Palm City for 2 ½ years, having moved down from Old Saybrook, CT.

He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Pamela Deware of Palm City, his daughters, Jennifer McArthur of Fairfield, CT and Jill Wattles and her husband Stan of Stuart, FL.  He also leaves behind four beautiful grandchildren, Madeline McArthur of Chicago, IL, Caroline Wattles of Stuart, Sydney McArthur of Los Angeles, CA, and Lucas Wattles of Stuart.

There will be a memorial service at 1:30 PM on Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Forest Hills Funeral Home Palm City, FL with military honors provided by the Base Honor Guard of Patrick Air Force Base.

In lieu of flowers family requests contributions be made for Treasure Coast Hospice at Treasure Health, 1201 SE Indian Street, Stuart, FL 34997, or at 772-403-4500 or on line at www.treasurehealth .org in John's memory.

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