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Elson E. Carmien

Elson E. Carmien, 87, of Huntington, IN, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, MI.  

Mr. Carmien graduated from Indiana University and retired from Our Sunday Visitor/Noll Printing.

He was born on Oct. 20, 1932, in Sturgis, MI, to Robert and Dorothy Trexler Carmien.  
He married Barbara Noel on Nov. 7, 1953, and she preceded him in death on March 29, 2005.  He then married Janet Tallant, and she survives in Petoskey, MI.

Additional survivors include two sons, Chris (Ann) Carmien, of Huntington, and Cameron (Laura) Carmien, of Wabash; two daughters, Carolyn (Robert) Johnston, of Huntington, Catherine Carmien, of Fort Wayne; two step-sons, Brian Tallant and Kevin Tallant, both of Wixom, MI; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Calling will be held on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 648 N. LaFontaine St., Huntington. A funeral service will immediately follow at 11 a.m. with Rev. Tim Lorenz officiating. Those in attendance must follow CDC guidelines and state mandates for social distancing and face coverings.

A private burial will be at Gardens of Memory in Marion. McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to Home Health & Hospice at Parkview Huntington Hospital, in care of McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson St., Huntington, IN 46750.

 Online condolences may be made to mcelhaneyhartfuneralhome.com.