Obituaries 1 December 2015

John W. Carmean

By
-

John W. Carmean, 75, of Hillsboro, passed away Monday morning, Nov. 30, 2015 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital. 

He was born Aug. 18, 1940, in Greenfield, the son of the late Perle and Donna (Custis) Carmean. 

He was a proud veteran of the United States Navy. He was a lifetime farmer and had retired from Bush Leasing in Wilmington, where he was a cabinet maker. 

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Barbara (Slone) Carmean, whom he married on June 13, 1970 in Newtown. He is also survived by two daughters, Cindy Carmean of Saline, Mich. and Karen (Scott) Bridges of Sardinia; four grandchildren, Brandi Keplinger of Saline, Mich., Marcus Keplinger of Leesburg and Mackenzie Bridges and Rylie Bridges, both of Sardinia; seven siblings, Anna Louise Kimberly, Perle Jr. Carmean and Norman (Roberta) Carmean, all of Hillsboro, David Carmean of Greenfield and Lester Carmean, Russell (Sue) Carmean and Tony Carmean, all of Hillsboro; as well as many nieces and nephews. 

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Jo Trefz.  

In keeping with his wishes, he was cremated. A celebration of his life will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 at the Hillsboro Elks Lodge. The Highland County Honor Guard will present military honors immediately following the service. Following all services, the family will continue to receive friends until 6 p.m. The Turner & Son Funeral Home and Crematory in Hillsboro is serving the family. 

For more information or to access the online register, please visit http://www.turnerfuneralhomes.cc. 

 

[[In-content Ad]]

Add new comment

This is not for publication.
This is not for publication.
About text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
Article comments are not posted immediately to the Web site. Each submission must be approved by the Web site editor, who may edit content for appropriateness. There may be a delay of 24-48 hours for any submission while the web site editor reviews and approves it. Note: All information on this form is required. Your telephone number and email address is for our use only, and will not be attached to your comment.
CAPTCHA This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.