Residence: Delphi, Indiana
Died: Friday, March 13, 2020
Location: 10:16 a.m., at his home with his family by his side.
 
 
Age: 73
Date of Birth: Friday, April 19, 1946
Birth place: Logansport, Indiana

Branch: Army

Service: Vietnam Era
Father: Claude A. "Art" Carnahan
 
Mother: Ruth ( Bell ) Carnahan
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: Dennis and Geri, have lived in Delphi, Indiana, for the last thirteen years.
Funeral Date: Sunday, March 15, 2020
Funeral Location: 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 15, 2020, Celebration of Life Service will be here at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Clergy: Pastor Brent Oliver of Delphi First Assembly of God of Delphi, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana, will be at the Hughes Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 15, 2020, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Dennis had been in failing health for the last six years but never showing it to anyone and never complaining. He had lived in Delphi for the last thirteen years, moving from the Idaville area. Dennis was a 1964 graduate of Twin Lakes High School of Monticello.
After graduating he joined the United States Army and served during the Vietnam Era.
Dennis had worked at the former P. & H. Harneshverge of Monticello, the former Wilson Packing of Logansport, was a Mill – Wight for Two Guys Mechanical of Winamac, Plymouth Tube of Winamac, the former McGill Manufacturing of Monticello, and then went on to be the maintenance director at the former Spring Factory of Monticello and retired from there.
He was an active member of the Delphi First Assembly Church of Delphi and had served as an usher at the church. Dennis enjoyed hunting, was an avid drag race and NASCAR fan, and loved traveling out West. He was a rugged outdoorsman. Dennis and his wife, Geri, started their own 1890s reenactment at the former Miller Tree Farm of rural Idaville. He loved his horses, cats, and dogs.
Special Services: Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana, will be conducted at the Hughes Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to Geri Carnahan. Envelopes will be available here at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On June 6, 1970, at the Lutheran Church in Logansport, Indiana, he married Geraldine "Geri" (Quinn) Belden; she survives.
Survivors include:
Wife, Geraldine "Geri" Carnahan of Delphi, Indiana; Three (3) Children, Dana Sparks of Monticello (Carroll County), Indiana. Lisa (husband Rick) Davis of Ashtabula, Ohio, and John A. (wife Paula) Belden of Reynolds, Indiana; Eleven (11) Grandchildren; Thirty (30) Great Grandchildren;Brother, Doug (wife Jane) Carnahan of Monticello, Indiana; Sister, Debra (husband Jay) Mill of Dayton, Indiana; Several Nieces, Nephews, Great Nieces, Great Nephews, Cousins, and Numerous Friends. His Church Family.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Claude A. "Art" and Ruth (Bell) Carnahan; Son-In-Law, Dennis Sparks; His Cats, Dogs, and Horses.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 (574) 583-8488.