Vernon M. Carmean, age 88, passed away on Dec. 15, 2015. Vern was born on Christmas Day 1926 in Los Angeles, Calif. to Millard and Belle Carmean. He grew up with a brother and four sisters on farms and ranches from Northern California to Tucson, Ariz., with the family finally settling in Oregon.
His desire to serve his country while still in high school was so strong, his parents gave consent for him to join the Navy at age 16 serving on the U.S.S. Sarasota during World War II in the South Pacific.
He returned to the Northwest after the war and moved to Kansas City after meeting his first wife. There he started a contracting business and they raised their family. He was an excavation and grading contractor in Kansas City from 1952 to 1976 and a farmer in Arthur, Mo. until they moved to Mesa, Ariz. for his first attempt at retirement. Retirement didn’t work for him and he continued working through 2011.
He found true love a second time after losing his first wife in 2001. Vern and Sandy met and married in 2002. They both felt so blessed moving back to the Rim Country in 2014, with all the natural beauty and wonderful neighbors.
Vern is survived by his sisters, Jeanette White and Charlene Colwell; his wife of 14 years, Sandra Carmean; his four children, Deborah Riney (Texas), Craig Carmean and wife Madonna (Arizona), Kurt Carmean and wife Nancy (North Carolina), Roxann Carmean and husband Lanny Floyd (Arizona); two stepchildren, Rick Summers and wife Barb (Arizona), Bob King (Washington); 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and many friends who will miss Vern, who never met a stranger, and loved people with his big heart.
A memorial service will be held at Messinger Mortuary, 901 S. Westerly, Payson, Ariz. on Saturday, Dec. 19. Visitation is at 2 p.m., followed by the service at 3 p.m. Additionally Vern will receive a Military Service with Honors at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85024 on Monday, Dec. 21 at 12:30 p.m.
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Obituary for Vernon M. Carmean
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