Demas D. Waterman

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Description:	One typed page including photograph; biography of Demas Deming Waterman, prominent Terre Haute businessman and civic leader. ABASH VALLEY WP R O F I L E SA series of tributes to hometown heroes who have made a difference.Demas D. Water manor more than three decades, Demas Deming Waterman was a prominent Terre Haute businessman and civic leader. Born in Terre Haute on Jan. 3, 1913, Demas was the only son of Lovell E. and Mary (Lohmann) Waterman. He had two sisters, Lillian and Nancy. As a youth he attended Culver Military Academy and then Wiley High School, graduating in 1931. While a pre-law student at Indiana University, he was urged by the family to assume burdensome responsibilities associated with the management of assets inherited from his step-grandfather Demas Deming Jr.: the Hotel Deming, Deming Land Co. and the Deming Amusement Co., which owned the Trianon Ballroom. Soon after his return, Demas married Virginia Moss (granddaughter of former U.S. Congressman Ralph Moss), a Terre Haute native who had relocated to Seattle, Wash. After initially residing at 2100 Ohio Blvd., the Watermans move to the Deming Hotel at the southeast corner of Sixth and Cherry streets, where Demas was general manager. It was there that their two children, Ann (Wiley class of 1956 and later an Indiana University graduate) and Jean (Wiley class of 1966), were born. Soon after Jean was born, the family moved to Hamilton Drive in Deming Woods. In 1967 -- after the hotel was sold -- the Watermans relocated to Scottsdale, Ariz., to be near daughter Ann Andeen and her children. Until then Demas was highly visible in civic affairs while occasionally taking time to dabble in several hobbies, including flying, fishing, swimming, woodworking, furniture making and boat making. For several years, he was president of the Indiana Hotel and Restaurant Association. Even after the move to Arizona, he was trustee of the Waterman trust, which owns and manages most of the commercial real estate on the south side of Wabash Avenue, between 25th Street and Brown Avenue. Demas died in Scottsdale on Sept. 22, 1997, at age 84. Virginia passed away on Nov. 18, 1999, at age 84. They are survived by their daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and Richard Andeen, now of Paradise Valley and Flagstaff, Ariz., and Jean and Joe Newton of Terre Haute; five grandchildren, Eric, Evan and Ellen Andeen of Scottsdale and Colin and Tiel Newton of Terre Haute; and Demass sister Nancy Bayfield of Cape Creek, Ariz. Sister Lillian White Mieg died in Arizona last year. Son-in-law Richard Andeen succeeded Demas as trustee of the Waterman trust.FTERRE HAUTE(812) 238-6000NATIONAL BANKAlways Close to HomeDate Published: Aug. 9, 2001Filename: Waterman, Demas profile
Origin:	2001-10-26
Created By:	McCormick, Mike
Publisher:	Terre Haute Tribune-Star
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vchs/id/647
Collection:	Vigo County Historical Society
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Copyright:	Copyright Undetermined
Subjects:	Waterman, Demas Deming, 1913-1997 Business people Civic leaders Business & Industry People

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