- Date Of Birth: August 7, 1932
- Date Of Death: August 11, 2020
- State: Indiana
Zelia Ann (Beltz) Deem, 88, of Vincennes, passed away August 11, 2020 at Bridge Pointe Health Campus. Zelia was born August 7, 1932 in Vincennes the daughter of Frank and Helen Goss Beltz. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School and attended Vincennes University and began her career as a Public Account in Vincennes for over 52 years. She married Bernard E. Deem on April 15,1950 and they made their life together for 33 years until his death in May of 1983 . She was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church/Old Cathedral, attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church, held memberships in the Indiana Society of Public Accounts, Business Professional Women’s Assn., American Legion Aux., Elks Aux, and the Knights of Columbus Aux.
Zelia is survived by her children, Bernard P. “Bernie” Deem and his wife Marcia of Noblesville, IN and Debra Deem Morris D.V.M. and her husband Michael Morris V.M.D. of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Her beloved grandchildren, Jennifer Torres (Eduardo), Suzanne Miksha (Andre), Bradford Morris, Gwendolyn Morris and Lauren Ditzel (Daniel). Her great grandchildren, Isabella Torres, Reece Torres, Charlotte Miksha and Virginia Miksha.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard E. Deem, her parents, Frank and Helen Beltz, her sisters, Patricia Parish, Nancy Rains and Carmen Jean Harting.
